Mitchell Pacelle
Empire
A Tale of Obsession, Betrayal, and the Battle for an American Icon
Wiley, 2001
What's inside?
Empire: A tale of greed, family conflict and, of course, The Donald.
Recommendation
Pulitzer Prize-nominated Wall Street Journal journalist Mitchell Pacelle has written an absorbing tale that rivals any novel of business melodrama. If there’s anyone left out there who thinks that real estate deals are dry, number-crunching exercises in dullness, this behind-the-scenes look at the extreme personalities vying for control of the Empire State Building will set that myth aside once and for all. getAbstract.com recommends this expertly written page-turner to all readers.
Summary
About the Author
Mitchell Pacelle is an award-winning journalist who has covered business for The Wall Street Journal, has won the New York Press Club’s 1999 Business Reporting award and was part of the team nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the collapse of the Long-Term Capital Management hedge fund.
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