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AMBITION
THE SECRET PASSION |
| By: |
Joseph Epstein |
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Paperback |
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£14.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0929587189 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780929587189 |
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| Publisher: |
IVAN R DEE, INC |
| Pub. date: |
1 August, 1989 |
| Pages: |
324 |
| Description: |
Sketches of eminent Americans and a pointed reconsideration of the ingredients of the American Dream form a fascinating social history. "Should be must reading in executive suites as well as college classrooms."-Forbes. |
| Synopsis: |
"Ambition is not what it used to be," writes Joseph Epstein. The desire to get ahead no longer evokes the same admiration it once did-indeed, modern novelists seem hardly able to deal with ambition without a sneer. But is ambition necessarily synonymous with ruthless, narrow self-interest? Or, as Mr. Epstein suggests, is it "the fuel of achievement"-an honorable way to influence and advance civilization? Mr. Epstein's sketches of eminent Americans-from Benjamin Franklin (that premier go-getter) to Henry Ford, Edith Wharton, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Adlai Stevenson, and the Rockefeller, Guggenheim, and Kennedy dynasties-and his pointed reconsideration of the ingredients of the American Dream (success, money, and power) form a fascinating social history, one that may change many readers' attitudes toward their "secret passion." "Should be must reading in executive suites as well as college classrooms."-Forbes. "Handled with a good amount of wit and with the clear, straightforward analysis of a man with a point of view. Like Samuel Johnson, [Epstein] reminds more often than he instructs."-Jack Richardson, New York Times."To have so rich an intellectual fare so pleasurably served is rare. Read Ambition and feast."-Saturday Review. |
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US |
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Ivan R Dee, Inc |
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