American Empress

Author : Nancy Rubin
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2004-01-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780595752027

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American Empress by Nancy Rubin Pdf

Embark on a remarkable journey through the pages of "American Empress: The Life and Times of Marjorie Merriweather Post," a comprehensive biography of one of the most inspiring entrepreneurs in American history. This meticulously researched volume offers a window into the life of Marjorie Post, whose Midwestern childhood in the heart of the cereal belt was just the beginning of an extraordinary saga. One incredible aspect of her life is that she was the builder of Mar-A-Lago. From the rustic barn where young Marjorie's glue-stained hands were worn from assembling cereal boxes to the opulent boardrooms where she later wielded influence as a formidable American businesswoman, this narrative captures the essence of an era and the indomitable spirit of the woman who left an indelible mark on it. As the heiress to a cereal empire, Marjorie's story is not just one of wealth and social standing but also personal tenacity and visionary leadership. This Marjorie Post book takes readers through the pivotal moments that shaped her life—from her enterprising ventures in the family business to her role as a diplomat's wife. Each chapter weaves together the personal and professional triumphs and challenges she faced, painting a portrait of a woman whose influence extended well beyond the boardroom. A celebrated female philanthropist, Marjorie's legacy is marked by her generous spirit and her unwavering commitment to enriching the world around her. Her philanthropic endeavors spanned from the arts to civic projects, making her a patron with a purpose. Her story is a testament to the power of generosity, showing how one woman's dedication to giving back can ignite change and inspire generations. This biography of Marjorie Merriweather Post is more than just a chronicle of a life lived grandly; it's an exploration of one individual's impact on the fabric of society. It is an invitation to explore the life of a woman who was as complex as she was charismatic, as formidable in business as she was in her philanthropic pursuits. For those who seek to understand the full spectrum of American legacy, "American Empress" is a must-read—a tribute to the life and times of a true pioneer. Whether you are drawn to tales of success, inspired by the stories of pioneering women, or intrigued by the rich tapestry of American history, this Marjorie Merriweather Post biography offers an engaging and enlightening narrative. Her story will resonate with anyone who believes in the transformative power of ambition, the importance of giving back, and the enduring influence of a life well-lived. Join us in celebrating the journey of a woman whose vision and generosity helped to shape the world we know today.

Author : Nancy Rubin,Nancy Rubin Stuart
Publisher : Iuniverse Star
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780595301461

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American Empress by Nancy Rubin,Nancy Rubin Stuart Pdf

American Empress is a sweeping history of the dramatic life of heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post, daughter of breakfast-cereal magnate C. W. Post. As a young girl growing up in the Midwest, Marjorie Post helped glue cereal boxes in her father's barn, later became a board member of his company, wed a diplomat and by late middle age was widely acknowledged as the unofficial "Queen of Washington, D.C." The glamorous and warm-hearted Mrs. Post was also mother to actress Dina Merrill. Throughout her life, she gave generously to hundreds of civic, artistic and philanthropic causes, among which were the National Symphony Orchestra, the Washington Ballet and the Kennedy Center. By virtue of her brains, beauty and great wealth, Mrs. Post was a woman well ahead of her era, whose natural business acumen created the frozen foods industry and transformed the Postum Cereal Company into the General Foods Corporation.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105005563684

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Andrews' American Queen by Anonim Pdf

Author : Nancy Rubin,Nancy Rubin Stuart
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1996-10-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0517171724

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American Empress by Nancy Rubin,Nancy Rubin Stuart Pdf

Author : Randy Fertel
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781496801135

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The Gorilla Man and the Empress of Steak by Randy Fertel Pdf

The Gorilla Man and the Empress of Steak is the story of two larger-than-life characters and the son whom their lives helped to shape. Ruth Fertel was a petite, smart, tough-as-nails blonde with a weakness for rogues, who founded the Ruth's Chris Steak House empire almost by accident. Rodney Fertel was a gold-plated, one-of-a-kind personality, a railbird-heir to wealth from a pawnshop of dubious repute just around the corner from where the teenage Louis Armstrong and his trumpet were discovered. When Fertel ran for mayor of New Orleans on a single campaign promise-buying a pair of gorillas for the zoo-he garnered a paltry 308 votes. Then he purchased the gorillas anyway! These colorful figures yoked together two worlds not often connected-lazy rice farms in the bayous and swinging urban streets where ethnicities jazzily collided. A trip downriver to the hamlet of Happy Jack focuses on its French-Alsatian roots, bountiful tables, and self-reliant lifestyle that inspired a restaurant legend. The story also offers a close-up of life in the Old Jewish Quarter on Rampart Street-and how it intersected with the denizens of “Back a' Town,” just a few blocks away, who brought jazz from New Orleans to the world. The Gorilla Man and the Empress of Steak is a New Orleans story, featuring the distinctive characters, color, food, and history of that city-before Hurricane Katrina and after. But it also is the universal story of family and the full magnitude of outsize follies leavened with equal measures of humor, rage, and rue.

Author : Steve Rivkin,Fraser Sutherland
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2005-01-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199883400

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The Making of a Name by Steve Rivkin,Fraser Sutherland Pdf

How do brand names differ from other names, and what goes into making a good name great and a bad name ghastly? Knowing this can spell the difference between bankruptcy and marketplace triumph. In this indispensable guide, the authors share the secrets of successful brand names--how they've indelibly stamped cultures around the world; who makes them; why they're made; and how they're compiled, bought, sold, and protected. The book outlines what kind of names exist--the initialized, descriptive, allusive, and coined. How namers surf on brainwaves. The do's, don'ts, and nevers of naming, how the structure of names is built from the ground up and how their sounds are engineered. Why names symbolize benefits. Where in the world brands may be found, and what will become of them. Fast-paced, illustration-packed, gazing at the past and probing into the future, this is the definitive book on naming. The Making of A Name is the one book anyone interested in "owned words" must have.

Author : Andrew F. Smith
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 2304 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9798216085478

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Food and Drink in American History [3 volumes] by Andrew F. Smith Pdf

This three-volume encyclopedia on the history of American food and beverages serves as an ideal companion resource for social studies and American history courses, covering topics ranging from early American Indian foods to mandatory nutrition information at fast food restaurants. The expression "you are what you eat" certainly applies to Americans, not just in terms of our physical health, but also in the myriad ways that our taste preferences, eating habits, and food culture are intrinsically tied to our society and history. This standout reference work comprises two volumes containing more than 600 alphabetically arranged historical entries on American foods and beverages, as well as dozens of historical recipes for traditional American foods; and a third volume of more than 120 primary source documents. Never before has there been a reference work that coalesces this diverse range of information into a single set. The entries in this set provide information that will transform any American history research project into an engaging learning experience. Examples include explanations of how tuna fish became a staple food product for Americans, how the canning industry emerged from the Civil War, the difference between Americans and people of other countries in terms of what percentage of their income is spent on food and beverages, and how taxation on beverages like tea, rum, and whisky set off important political rebellions in U.S. history.

Author : American Express
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1986-03
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0671620169

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The American Express Pocket Guide to Paris by American Express Pdf

Author : Bob Thompson
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1987-08
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0130250244

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The American Express Pocket Guide to California by Bob Thompson Pdf

Author : Laurie Adams
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781460260197

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The Empress of Quintessence by Laurie Adams Pdf

A conversation with a wealthy neighbour gives environmentalist Maria a chance to undertake her dream project: building a world class, eco-friendly wellness facility in the heart of the Niagara Escarpment; one that is uncompromising in its commitment to an environmental and wholistic sound practice. But the chance comes with a catch. Not only does Maria have five years to complete her project and turn a profit, but she also has to demonstrate that her environmentalist principals are viable in the corporate world, or else she has to sell. Soon it becomes clear that her development is important to many more people than just herself. She and her land in particular become a focal point for mystics, spiritualists and healers each with an agenda of their own. As Maria progresses in her understanding of the deeper aspects of the metaphysical and paranormal, some friends become enemies, and some lovers, while others drift off into the ether, or return from the dead. Through them all, Maria learns of an ancient spiritual struggle that encapsulates Earth, one that she's much more a part of than she ever would have imagined....

Author : Brian Eads
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Travel
ISBN : PSU:000021880025

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The American Express Pocket Guide to Los Angeles and San Francisco by Brian Eads Pdf

Author : United States. Weather Bureau
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1925
Category : Meteorology
ISBN : IND:30000100155385

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Report of the Chief of the Weather Bureau by United States. Weather Bureau Pdf

Author : John Sandford
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1992-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0425135020

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The Empress File by John Sandford Pdf

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Prey series comes a crime novel of “classic stings” (Booklist). With the same sharp human insight he brings to the murderers and manhunters of his bestselling Prey novels, Sanford takes us into the minds of two irresistible con artists. Kidd and LuEllen are a winning pair of lovers and liars plotting the ultimate sting. Their target is the wealthy (and corrupt) mayor of a small Mississippi river town. Their setup includes buying a houseboat, assuming false identities, and exposing local scandals. Their scam is perfect. Until everything goes wrong....

Author : American Express,Mitchell Beazley
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1987-02
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0130250570

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The American Express Pocket Guide to the South of France by American Express,Mitchell Beazley Pdf

Author : David Potter
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199392391

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Theodora by David Potter Pdf

Two of the most famous mosaics from the ancient world, in the church of San Vitale in Ravenna, depict the sixth-century emperor Justinian and, on the wall facing him, his wife, Theodora (497-548). This majestic portrait gives no inkling of Theodora's very humble beginnings or her improbable rise to fame and power. Raised in a family of circus performers near Constantinople's Hippodrome, she abandoned a successful acting career in her late teens to follow a lover whom she was legally forbidden to marry. When he left her, she was a single mother who built a new life for herself as a secret agent, in which role she met the heir to the throne. To the shock of the ruling elite, the two were married, and when Justinian assumed power in 527, they ruled the Eastern Roman Empire together. Their reign was the most celebrated in Byzantine history, bringing wealth, prestige, and even Rome itself back to the Empire. Theodora was one of the dominant political figures of her era, helping shape imperial foreign and domestic policy and twice saving her husband from threatened deposition. She played a central role trying to solve the religious disputes of her era and proactively assisted women who were being trafficked. An extraordinarily able politician, she excited admiration and hatred from those around her. Enemies wrote extensively and imaginatively about her presumed early career as a prostitute, while supporters elevated her, quite literally, to sainthood. Theodora's is a tale of a woman of exceptional talent who overcame immense obstacles to achieve incredible power, which she exercised without ever forgetting where she had come from. In Theodora: Actress, Empress, Saint, David Potter penetrates the highly biased accounts of her found in the writings of her contemporaries and takes advantage of the latest research on early Byzantium to craft a modern, well-rounded, and engaging narrative of Theodora's life. This fascinating portrait will intrigue all readers with an interest in ancient and women's history.