Unsung Heroes of the American Industry - Softcover

Poirier, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0747561036 ISBN 13: 9780747561033

Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2003

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A series of stories on quirky cottage industries such as worm farms, pornography and beauty pageantry that hold the potential to great fortune though usually end in bankruptcy and shattered dreams. Here are tales of the misfits and visionaries who embody the aspirations and frequently the lunacies of American entrepreneurs. Poirer's debut novel "Goats" sold over 15,000 copies and like Naked Pueblo, his first collection of short stories, was published to great critical praise.

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Worm farms, pearl-button making, chicken processing, pornography, and beauty pageantry. These quirky cottage industries hold the potential to make fortunes, though it's more likely that they'll lead to bankruptcy and shattered dreams. Mark Poirier introduces the misfits and visionaries who embody the aspirations - and frequently the lunacy - of the American entrepreneur. Following his highly acclaimed debut collection, NAKED PUEBLO, and first novel, GOATS, Poirier returns to life on the edge in tales that race across the American landscape, finding individualists and their outrageous professions in every region of the United States, from Washington, D.C., to Southern California, New England to Louisiana.

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• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0747561036
• ISBN 13: 9780747561033
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 192