A Truck Full of Money
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A Truck Full of Money by Tracy Kidder
"A perfectly executed, exquisitely reported parable of the Internet age and the wild, mad adventure that is start-up culture."--Charles DuhiggFortune, mania, genius, philanthropy--the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Mountains Beyond Mountains presents an "expertly reported [and] deftly written" (San Francisco Chronicle) account of Paul English, the founder of Kayak and Lola.
In A Truck Full of Money, Tracy Kidder, the "master of the nonfiction narrative" (The Baltimore Sun), tells the story of Paul English, a kinetic and unconventional inventor and entrepreneur, who as a boy rebelled against authority. Growing up in working-class Boston, English discovers a medium for his talents the first time he sees a computer. As a young man, despite suffering from what would eventually be diagnosed as bipolar disorder, he begins his pilgrim's journey through the ups and downs in the brave new world of computers. Relating to the Internet as if it's an extension of his own mind, English discovers that he has a talent for conceiving innovative enterprises and building teams that can develop them, becoming "a Pied Piper" of geeks.
With the power of a consummate storyteller, Tracy Kidder casts a fresh, critical, and often humorous eye on the way new ideas and new money are reshaping our culture and the world. A Truck Full of Money takes us inside the mind of a mesmerizing figure who is unique and yet a representative creature of our entrepreneurial age--bold, big-hearted, and as unpredictable as America itself.
Tracy Kidder attended the University of Iowa after graduating from Harvard. He has earned the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the Robert F. Kennedy Prize for Literature. Many more literary awards, including the Kennedy Award. Kidder lives in Massachusetts and Maine and is the author of Strength in What Remains, My Detachment, Mountains Beyond Mountains, Home Town, Old Friends, Among Schoolchildren, House, and The Soul of a New Machine.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780812985351 |
| ISBN 10 | 0812985354 |
| Title | A Truck Full of Money |
| Author | Tracy Kidder |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2017-06-13 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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