Ringside Stories

Ringside Stories

From the Kennedy White House to Real Estate Everest

Corbett, Richard A.

John Wiley & Sons Inc

12/2019

224

Dura

Inglês

9781118898727

15 a 20 dias

518

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Acknowledgments vii

Prologue ix

Chapter 1 Robert Kennedy is Buried in My Clothes 1

Chapter 2 My Father Was a Bona Fide Hero 9

Chapter 3 My Mom Was an Alcoholic, and I Struggled to Hide It 17

Chapter 4 I Almost Ate a Boy Once 29

Chapter 5 I Found a Mentor-and a Kindred Spirit 35

Chapter 6 I Love Punching a Man in the Face 43

Chapter 7 I Am a Workaholic 51

Chapter 8 I Became a Part of History 57

Chapter 9 One of My Saddest Days: When JFK Was Inaugurated 65

Chapter 10 I Was Once One of the Most-Hated Men in the Kennedy Empire 79

Chapter 11 Mentored by an Invalid 91

Chapter 12 It Takes Guts to Write Checks for Money You Don't Have 99

Chapter 13 Life Partnering 107

Chapter 14 Only an Idiot Would Purchase a Lease on Land Owned by a Federal Airport 119

Chapter 15 I Will Be Forever Grateful That I Injured My Back and Ribs 131

Chapter 16 Before I Could Be a Joe Kennedy, I Had to Be a Daniel Boone 145

Chapter 17 Getting Down to the Business of Making a Dream 155

Chapter 18 Who Shops at Malls, Anyway? 165

Chapter 19 A Day in the Limelight Becomes a Day of Darkness 171

Chapter 20 I Built Myself into Our Home 175

Chapter 21 Not Dead Yet, Just Getting a Third Wind 179

Chapter 22 Life Comes Full Circle 185

Chapter 23 Never Take Your Eye Off the Ball 191

Epilogue More of What's Important, Not More of the Same 201

About the Author 205

Index 207
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Ringside Stories: From the Kennedy White House to Real Estate Everest; Richard A. Corbett; Dick Corbett; International Plaza; real estate guru; Kennedy presidency; Kennedy campaign; entrepreneurship; real estate developer; leadership skills; investment wisdom; life lessons; Notre Dame alum; Harvard alum; Brockport New York; Erie Canal; finance guru; money management; investment advice; real estate millionaire; job creators; economic development; growth management