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Ray & Joan the man who made the McDonald's fortune and the woman who gave it all away

"The dramatic relationship between Ray Kroc, the man who amassed a fortune as chairman of one of America's most controversial and iconic companies--McDonald's--and the passionate woman, his wife, Joan, who then gave that fortune away,"--Baker & Taylor.

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Main Author: Napoli, Lisa, 1963- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, New York : Dutton, [2016]
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Kroc, Joan B.
Women philanthropists > United States > Biography.
Women > California > San Diego > Biography.
Kroc, Ray, > 1902-1984.
Businesspeople > United States > Biography.
Restaurateurs > United States > Biography.
Women and peace > Biography.
San Diego (Calif.) > Biography.
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Summary:"The dramatic relationship between Ray Kroc, the man who amassed a fortune as chairman of one of America's most controversial and iconic companies--McDonald's--and the passionate woman, his wife, Joan, who then gave that fortune away,"--Baker & Taylor.
Physical Description:353 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781101984956
1101984953
Author Notes:Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Lisa Napoli has lived for the last dozen years in southern California, where she was inspired to write this book by a public artwork with a mysterious provenance. In her three decades as a journalist, she's worked for The New York Times, MSNBC, the public radio show Marketplace, and a variety of other outlets. She's covered everything from presidential campaigns, to hacker conventions and a hostage standoff, to the dawn of the World Wide Web. Her first book, Radio Shangri-La, is about the impact of media culture on the mysterious Kingdom of Bhutan, where she was invited to help start a radio station at the dawn of democratic rule.

A graduate of Hampshire College, Lisa leads an award-winning volunteer cooking group at the Downtown Women's Center on Skid Row in Los Angeles. She's also the founding board chair of the Bhutan Media Society, an all-volunteer news outlet created by Bhutanese refugees in diaspora.

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