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The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty
by Siler, Julia Flynn
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1592402593
- ISBN 13
- 9781592402595
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: Gotham, 2007. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean burgundy paper-covered boards with white spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear, slightest hint of soiling to spine. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages are clean. Illustrated endpapers (Mondavi family tree) - tiny previous owner initials in upper right corner of front free endpaper. Text block edges slightly yellowed. Illustrated with glossy black and white plates. 452 pages with Index. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The House of Mondavi tells the story of how one family built and reigned over America's preeminent wine empire, until theirtowering acievement crumbled under the weight of sibling rivalry, bitterness, and greed..
Synopsis
An epic, scandal-plagued story of the immigrant family that built—and then spectacularly lost—a global wine empireSet in California's lush Napa Valley and spanning four generations of a talented and visionary family, The House of Mondavi is a tale of genius, sibling rivalry, and betrayal. From 1906, when Italian immigrant Cesare Mondavi passed through Ellis Island, to the Robert Mondavi Corp.'s twenty-first-century battle over a billion-dollar fortune, award-winning journalist Julia Flynn brings to life both the place and the people in this riveting family drama.The blood feuds are as spectacular as the business triumphs. Cesare's sons, Robert and Peter, literally came to blows in the 1960s during a dispute touched off by the purchase of a mink coat, resulting in Robert's exile from the family—and his subsequent founding of a winery that would set off a revolution in American winemaking. Robert's sons, Michael and Timothy, as passionate in their own ways as their visionary father, waged battle with each other for control of the company before Michael's expansive ambitions ultimately led to a board coup and the sale of the business to an international conglomerate.A meticulously reported narrative based on thousands of hours of interviews, The House of Mondavi is bound to become a classic.
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033444
- Title
- The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty
- Author
- Siler, Julia Flynn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1592402593
- ISBN 13
- 9781592402595
- Publisher
- Gotham
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2007
- LCCN
- 2007004326
- Keywords
- CALIFORNIA WINE FAMILIES, WINERIES, MONDAVI WINERY, FAMILY HISTORY, FIRST EDITION, JULIA FLYNN SILER
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