Once a New York City cop, John McCormack made his first million on Wall Street in his twenties, and lost it before he was thirty. He went to work for—and learned from—savvy businessmen who had made it from the ground up. Blending their wisdom with his own entrepreneurial gifts, McCormack made a stunningly successful comeback. Here he shares his inspiring story as well as the lessons he's learned about motivation, setting goals, and how creative companies can bring the American dream to those born without a silver spoon.
Wrigley is funny, sad, and poignant, right down to her name: Wrigley Strawberry Field. We catch her life over six days, as she reconciles the fact that she is dying. We see the strength of a young woman whose life was a chaotic menagerie: raised by hippy parents, childhood tattoo, first date, working in a crematorium, marriage, children, divorce (her husband was in bed with a waitress during the reception), her success as an artist, etc. And with the support of her neighbor and her attorney (Biscuit Grivet), how she tells her two young children that mommy is going away. But . it's her story. Let's let her tell it.
The warm and gently humorous memoir of a young veterinarian's first year of practice in Choctaw County, Alabama, in the early 1960s. "I can relate to Dr. McCormack on page after page of this book. In his writing he beguilingly captures the laughter and tears of the veterinary scene. A heartwarming read for the animal lover."--James Herriot.
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