THE DEEDS OF MY FATHERS: HOW MY GRANDFATHER AND FATHER BUILT NEW YORK AND CREATED THE TABLOID WORLD OF TODAY
Book ID/图书代码： 07633010B39569
English Summary/英文概要： A captivating narrative that chronicles the emergence in America of an Italian immigrant and his son whose deeds would make them among the most prominent practitioners of power and influence in this country. Based on previously untapped sources, this book presents an archetypal story of the American century, told candidly by a consummate insider who lets all the chips—the light & the dark—fall where they may.
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As one excited early reviewer noted, Paul David Pope’s The Deeds of My Fathers has it all: "immigrants, moguls, presidents, Mafiosi, sex, success, loyalty, betrayal, and that most outrageous, scandalous, audacious and—as it turns out—imitated of media ventures, The National Enquirer." To amass that moveable feast, Pope spent ten years researching the lives of his Italian immigrant New Yorker powerbroker grandfather Generose Pope and his magazine publisher father Gene Pope, Jr. In the process, he and his researchers conducted more than 450 interviewed and generated over 50,000 pages. Repeatedly revelatory; deserves major reviews.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 這是一部字裡行間彰顯無窮魅力的家族傳記啟示錄，從義大利移民至美國的家族，通過他們不懈的努力和執著的追求，終於在這片“追夢者的聖地”開啟了夢想之旅並最終得以實現。 在這個非同凡響故事裡，告訴你一個在工地裡揮汗如雨的泥土工是如何發家成為在美國影響深遠的大家族。經歷了怎樣的成長和嬗變？又是怎樣如文中所稱“改變了美國歷史”？
生命的意義，也許有時候不僅僅需要去探索，更需要去賦予，夢想的價值也许有时候并不在于其大小，而更在於對它渴望的程度，“梦想”是值得尊重的字眼，有夢想的家族，註定所向披靡，再多坎坷也无惧！
1906年，從加拿大移民美國，一無所有，白手起家，始終相信“美國是尋夢者的聖地”，是一個可以實現夢想的地方。20世紀20年代，美國步入“摩天大樓”黃金時期，作者的祖父Generoso創辦了規模巨大的建築材料供應公司。而後來他的父親Gene則將一份令人反感的娛樂小報發展成為《國家觀察者》這樣擁有百萬讀者為世人所矚目的熱門刊物。不僅成就了家族的輝煌成就，還給美國帶來了意義深遠的影響。
書中有很多珍貴的資料從未被引用，首次面世，還原在你眼前的是美國100年的歷史原形。(Claire)
Awards/获奖情况：www.thedeedsofmyfathers.com
Publishers Weekly
Once considered the black sheep of America’s publications, the National Enquirer is celebrated on the eve of its 60th anniversary by Pope’s powerful biography of its creators, the family patriarchs. The book, which sometimes reads like a straightforward Puzo sequel, chronicles the arrival of Generoso Pope, the author’s grandfather on these shores with and no prospects; Gene, Generoso’s son and publisher of the scandalous tabloid; and the realization of the ultimate American immigrant dream. Its chapters detail the Pope men’s achievements, the grandfather’s construction firm building some of Gotham’s landmarks and the father’s grooming of a struggling paper into a major publication. Crowded with presidents, celebrities, and mobsters, this bio of ambitious alpha males, in a dysfunctional clan worthy of a soap opera, is among the best portraits of Italian-American life to appear in some time. (Oct.)
REVIEWS
"Powerful…Crowded with presidents, celebrities, and mobsters, this bio of ambitious alpha males, in a dysfunctional clan worthy of a soap opera, is among the best portraits of Italian-American life to appear in some time."---Publishers Weekly
“A richly detailed tale of businessmen, mobsters and politicians that reads like a soap opera written by Mario Puzo…. Readable and revealing, and the vividly re-created scenes cry out for a film treatment.”---starred Kirkus Reviews
“The story of the century.”---Nicholas Pileggi, bestselling author of Wiseguy
About the Author/作者介绍： Paul David Pope began working for his father, Gene Pope, publisher of the National Enquirer, as a teenager. Following Gene’s death, when Paul’s bid to acquire the newspaper fell short, he embarked on the writing of this revelatory book. He lives in Weston, Florida, near the towns of Lantana and Manalapan, where his father relocated the National Enquirer and his family from New Jersey and New York in 1971.
Paul David Pope年輕的時候在父親創辦的《國家調查者》出版社工作，父親去世後，他開始著手撰寫這本家族傳記的啟示錄。他居住在佛羅里達州的維斯頓，靠近蘭塔納和曼納拉潘城區，也就是《國家調查者》出版社所在地。
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