April 12, 2024
BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK,BIO OF THOMAS D. CABOT,BOSTON BUSINESS MAN,HCDJ,1979,1ST ED.
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BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THOMAS D. CABOT DAVID R. GODINE PUBLISHER BOSTON 1979 ************************** "ALTHOUGH TOM CABOT WAS NEVER A PAUPER, HE DIDN'T EXACTLY GROW UP ON A BED OF ROSES. HIS FATHER, THE VIGILIANT PRESERVER OF BOSTON'S MORALS, PATER FAMILIAS OF ONE OF BOSTON'S OLDEST AND STARCHIEST FAMILIES, AND THE PRIMUM MOBILE OF THE WATCH & WARD SOCIETY, WAS A MAN OF STERN DISPOSITION AND ENERGETIC PRINCIPLES. BUT WHILE CABOT WAS A HALLOWED BOSTON NAME, THOMAS DUDLEY HAD TO MAKE IT ON HIS OWN--FIRST AT HARVARD, THEN IN THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED AIR CORPS, AND FINALLY, IN BUSINESS." "TOM CABOT IS A FORCE; HIS LIFE HAS BEEN ONE OF EXTENDED ADVENTURE, AND LIKE HIS LIFE, THIS BOOK DOESN'T CONTAIN ONE DULL PAGE OR ONE SELF-INDULGENT REMINISCENCE. LIKE MANY BOSTONIANS, CABOT WAS ALWAYS INTERESTED IN DOING THINGS HE BUILT A BILLION DOLLAR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS FROM SMALL HOLDINGS IN WEST VIRGINIA NATURAL GAS, CLIMBED AND MAPPED THE MORE INACCESSIBLE REACHES OF SOUTH AMERICA, SERVED IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT AND WAS INSTRUMENETAL IN ESTABLISHING SYSTEMS TO REFORM HEALTH CARE SERVICES IN THIS COUNTRY, SAILED FOR BURIED TREASURE INTHE CARIBBEAN, AND WAS AMONG THE VERY FIRST TO PROMOTE THE SPORTS OF DOWNHILL SKIING AND WHITE WATER CANOEING IN THIS COUNTRY (EVEN DESIGNING THE FIRST ALUMINUM GRUMMAN CANOE). HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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