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1) The Deeds of My Fathers: How My Grandfather and Father Built New York and Created the Tabloid World of Today

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English

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A story that reads like The Godfather has been crossed with Citizen Kane. The Deeds of My Fathers is the riveting true story of two men, a father and a son, who each started with nothing and built an empire. Generoso Pope, Sr., an Italian immigrant, arrived in New York in 1906 with only pennies in his pocket. He got a job shoveling sand, but through his intelligence, natural leadership, ruthlessness, and ability to woo powerful politicians such as...

2) The deeds of my fathers: how my grandfather and father built New York and created the tabloid world of today : Generoso Pope, Sr., power broker of New York, and Gene Pope, Jr., publisher of the National...

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Pope, Paul David

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pub. Date

c2010

Language

English

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"Intense rivalry and Borgia-like cunning made the Pope family one of America's wealthiest and most influential--now a descendent of the two Pope patriarchs chronicles a family that embodied the American century..."--Dust jacket flap.