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THE ACCIDENTAL PHILANTHROPIST
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- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- ISBN
- 9781510762855
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
ISBN-10
151076285X
ISBN-13
9781510762855
eBay Product ID (ePID)
20050100278
Product Key Features
Book Title
Accidental Philanthropist : From a Bronx Stickball Lot to Manhattan Courtrooms and Steering Leona Helmsley's Billions
Number of Pages
360 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2021
Topic
Industries / Hospitality, Travel & Tourism, General, Lawyers & Judges
Genre
Reference, Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
19.6 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
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Trade
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Gobs of people call him " Mister Frankel, Sir" for reasons you'll understand once you have read this unbelievable but true book. But ever since he pulled me from a burning building, he's just been "Sandy" to me - a down-home kind of guy with an open face, a friendly smile, and billions of dollars to give away. Yes, indeed: Mere pikers like Horatio Alger and Croesus have had their day. Here's the stuff of myth that really happened. And it starts, of all places, in the Bronx, where local boy makes good - and never stops doing good. -- Bill Moyers
Synopsis
The True Story of an Extraordinary Journey from the Bronx to the Helm of the $5 Billion Helmsley Charitable Trust, Doling Out Unimaginable Amounts of Money for the Good of the World. The Author met his client in the prison's visitors' room: he, the lawyer, and she, his client, now being patted down by a guard following the first night of a four-year sentence. Identified here by an inmate number, she was known worldwide: the notorious Leona Helmsley, owner of a gargantuan real estate portfolio; the woman who had reputedly scoffed "Only the little people pay taxes"; the "queen of mean" whom Newsweek described as "rhymes with rich." Wolfing down popcorn the author bought her from the prison vending machine, she was one of the most maligned people on the planet. What he saw, though, was a frightened 71-year-old inmate, alone and in need of something altogether absent from her life: someone she could trust. In her eyes, he was perhaps the closest thing. Two years earlier, he had joined her legal team following her conviction for tax crimes. Just two days before, in her sumptuous Manhattan penthouse, she ferociously fired one lawyer while the others quit. He was the last man standing. In time, he became not just her go-to lawyer but her consigliere. He now had to deal with the countless people trying to dip a pinky or a shovel into her fortune. She also presented him with a host of personal issues. Ultimately, she named him as one of her executors, charged with overseeing and liquidating her multi-billion dollar estate, and also one of the trustees of a charitable trust she would fund "to improve lives...around the world." That is how, on Leona Helmsley's death in 2007, the author became a steward of her $5 billion fortune, which he and his co-trustees were duty-bound to give away to causes and recipients they alone would determine. Little in his life had prepared him for such a role. He grew up in a lower middle-class section of the Bronx, wound up at Harvard Law School, and built a successful career as a trial lawyer, representing some of the rich and famous and some ordinary folks. But overseeing perhaps the largest private real estate empire in the country, selling all those properties and the assorted bonds, diamonds, and other playthings of the rich, and choosing the goals of a vast charitable trust funded with those sales' proceeds, was something else altogether. He tasted the nectar of instant popularity, and became incontrovertible proof that when you control billions of dollars, you become wittier, funnier, far more profound than you've ever been, and always worth listening to. Friends, pseudo-friends, former friends, would-be friends, quasi friends, friends of friends--everyone comes knocking. The Accidental Philanthropist tells how all this happened.
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- 0***8 (24)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseThe book arrived in the condition as described. It was very well "preserved" for a used item. The price was reasonable, given the rarity of the book. It was well packed for shipping and arrived quite quickly. This was a high quality transaction, and the vendor is commended highly. Good job!
- 8***2 (1035)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseArrived safely, as described, great tracking, took 18 days to ship to the UK. Very happy, great seller
- a***s (885)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseAmazing seller. Received the DVD very quickly. The DVD was as advertised (new), packed very carefully and with great care. The DVD arrived in excellent condition and available for a great price considering it's an out of print title.