Nothing Bad Ever Happens

Benedict Cosgrove

ISBN 10: 1937650847 / ISBN 13: 9781937650841

Verlag: NUATE

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If a writer wanted to create a quintessentially American character, he could hardly do better than look to Jim Miller's extraordinary 80-plus years for inspiration. Born on Long Island in the midst of the Great Depression, Jim dropped out of high school and began making his own way in the world long before he was out of his teens. "Nothing Bad Ever Happens" illuminates Jim's approach to life ("Nothing bad ever happens, only missed opportunities") and how that philosophy helped him manage every possible setback with optimism and grit. It's the story of the risks Jim took through the years to make a better life for his family, and of the unbreakable bonds that held that family together through thick and often very, very thin. In scenes set across the globe, from New York Harbor to the Gulf of Mexico, from the North Fork of Long Island to London, Japan, Panama and beyond, a portrait emerges of a man whose creativity, optimism and boundless capacity for hard work allowed him to seize opportunities where others saw only peril and the likelihood of loss. Over the years, Jim Miller has built several fortunes; raised a loving family with his wife of 60 years, Barbara; and lived through enough adventures and gathered enough stories to fill a fair-sized book. "Nothing Bad Ever Happens" is that book.

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Titel: Nothing Bad Ever Happens
Verlag: NUATE
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