“Another tale of raw ambition gone wild among high-powered African-Americans....” —Booklist Gordon Perkins is one of Wall Street’s most successful investment bankers. But his hunger for money can’t match his appetite for cocaine. After one line too many, he’s lying in a coma... Paul Taylor is a lawyer, businessman, and recently remarried to brilliant Deirdre. He thinks he has everything—until his world is suddenly turned upside down... Kenitra Perkins is leading a glamorous life, thanks to the millions her husband, Gordon, hid away for his schemes. Now she must ensure that Gordon doesn’t make a miraculous recovery... Jerome Hardaway is a widower with two sons to raise and a business to run. He just has to make sure his company can survive anything—even the possible return of Gordon.
From the glitz and glamour to the power struggles and private dramas, this intriguing portrait of New York’s African-American elite uncovers all the secrets only an insider could reveal ... Sture Jorgenson’s rise from a dishwasher to part-owner of a trendy restaurant has him rubbing elbows with many powerful people, but when Sture gains entrée into The Pride, he becomes part of a coterie of New York’s most accomplished black men and women. Paul Taylor, Sture’s business partner, is a charter member of The Pride. Accustomed to the good life, complete with a luxurious townhouse, fine wine, and fine women, Paul learns that even the good life has its complications. Diedre Douglas, Paul’s brilliant ex-wife, is on top in the business world, but there’s a new challenge around the corner she might not be able to best. And fellow Pride member Gordon Perkins is Wall Street’s top black investment banker, a man whose brilliance and drive are exceeded only by his insatiable appetite for control and cruelty. Those who get close to him get hurt—with one notable exception...
Examines how Charles Lindbergh's support for Nazi militarism and U.S. isolationism and Henry Ford's business dealings with Germany tarnished their idealized images. Drawing on original lsources, Wallace brings out some pertinent connections between the two men's anti-Semitism and their ties with the rising Nazi regime. Their influence culminated in an abuse of power that helped strengthen Hitler's regime and undermined the Allied war effort.
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