Made in America: His Own Story - 1st Edition/1st Printing
by Ueberroth, Peter
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0688058825
- ISBN 13
- 9780688058821
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc.. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1985. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0688058825 . A Near Fine first edition/first printing with tanning around the board trim in a Very Good dust-jacket that has a tear on the lower front edge among other wear; Peter Ueberroth was born in a small town in the Swiss Alps in 1926. He was the son of a railway worker and a schoolteacher. In 1941, at the age of 17, he fled Nazi-occupied Switzerland and immigrated to the United States. He started working as a kitchen helper in a restaurant and eventually became a dishwasher. In the early 1950s, he started working as a waiter in a cafeteria and then as a waiter and busboy in a hotel. In 1958, he became the manager of a restaurant in San Diego and then the manager of a buffet restaurant in Las Vegas. In 1969, he opened the first restaurant in the United States that was owned and operated by a Hispanic American, El Pollo Loco. In 1984, he became the chairman and CEO of the company that became known as Wynn Resorts. He served in this position until 1990.; 8vo; 401 pages; MR .
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- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54006
- Title
- Made in America: His Own Story - 1st Edition/1st Printing
- Author
- Ueberroth, Peter
- Format/Binding
- 1/4 Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0688058825
- ISBN 13
- 9780688058821
- Publisher
- William Morrow and Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1985
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