{"product_id":"burton-blake-robert-tucker-9781944056940","title":"Burton Blake","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe American journey of three generations locks the neophyte company president, Burton Blake, in a vicious struggle with corporate intrigue, financial greed, and social corruption.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Born to a taxi dancer at the beginning of the Second World War, Burton's father, Elias Blake, never knows his natural father, who is killed in the South Pacific. He is raised by his mother and stepfather from her second marriage who makes his fortune during the post war real estate boom of the 50's. Their untimely death by his business partner leaves the boy Elias in the guardianship of his mother's best friend and her marine vet husband who introduces him to the macho culture of guns and hunting.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Elias's youth is influenced by the adult world's drive for personal material gain. Over the next decades, he expands his parents' original real estate empire into the diversified multi-divisional, multi-national corporation that he leaves to his son, Burton.\u003cbr\u003e ​\u003cbr\u003e Upon his forced return from traveling and working with oppressed third world people, Burton learns increasingly more about the true nature of his deceased father as he undertakes the challenges of leading the company in a new direction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Tucker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1944056947\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781944056940\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tell-Tale Publishing Group, LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/04\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 518\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.15d","brand":"Robert Tucker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48113764040959,"sku":"9781944056940","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9e8d882c-f08b-4533-9eeb-fc793b0125f6.jpg?v=1769617164","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/burton-blake-robert-tucker-9781944056940","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}