Instant Millionaires

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  • ISBN 9780857190000
  • Weight: 272g
  • Dimensions: 140 x 216mm
  • Publication Date: 10 Jan 2011
  • Publisher: Harriman House Publishing
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
  • Language: English
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In this book you will meet three dozen impatient people. They weren't satisfied with the slow, plodding, money-saving route to financial security, the safe route that most of us feel stuck with. They wanted instant wealth – and they got it.

As Max Gunther points out, our folklore frowns on the idea of quick money. As in the fable about the race between a tortoise and a hare. "In the fable, the hare loses. The stories in this book are not fables. They are true. In these stories, the hares win."

They are a richly varied lot, these happy hares. Gunther opens with a few dazzling millionaire legends, such as the man who invented Monopoly. You'll then meet fascinating characters such as: Harvey Shuster, who beat the stock market; Howard Brown, who decided to be rich and became a multi-millionaire within three years; and a group of men who made fast fortunes on fads such as the Hula Hoop and the Frisbee.

These stores illustrate that the dream of quick money isn't such a ridiculous dream after all. Read these tales about hares who have won and when you have, maybe you'll decide to run with them.

Max Gunther (1926-1998), born in England, went to the United States when he was 11 years old, attended schools in New Jersey and received his BA from Princeton University in 1949. He served in the US Army in 1950 and 1951 and was a staff member of Business Week from 1951 to 1955. Mr Gunther then served as a contributing editor of Time for two years. From 1956 he published articles in several magazines, including Playboy. Among his other books are The Zurich Axioms (9781897597491), The Luck Factor (9781906659493), How to Get Lucky (9781906659981) and The Very, Very Rich and How They Got That Way (9781906659998). Mr Gunther lived in Ridgefield, Connecticut, where his wife was a real-estate broker. They had three children. His diversions included surfing and skating, carving chess sets and playing chess, and painting.

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