The First Billion Is the Hardest: Reflections on a Life of Comebacks and America's Energy Future

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T. Boone Pickens

The First Billion Is the Hardest

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Reflections on a Life of Comebacks and America's Energy Future

T. Boone Pickens

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Three Rivers Press
08 September 2009

Biography: business & industry; Autobiography: business & industry; Memoirs

For the hundreds of thousands who read and enjoyed Pickens' fifteen-week 1987 New York Times bestseller Boone...those who want to hear what one of the world's foremost energy experts predicts for future oil supplies...readers of ""miraculous business recovery"" books like Iacocca or Trump- The Art of the Comeback...and, most important, those who crave confirmation that life hasn't passed them by and that, no matter how old they are, it's possible to exceed anything they've done previously.

It's Never Too Late to Top Your Personal Best.

Both a riveting account of a life

spent pulling off improbable triumphs and a report back from the front of the global-energy

and natural-resource wars, The First Billion Is the Hardest tells the story of the

remarkable late-life comeback that brought the famed oilman and maverick back from

bankruptcy and clinical depression. Along the way, the man often called the ""Oracle

of Oil"" shares the insights that have made him a legend-and describes the billion-dollar

bets he is now making in hopes of securing America's energy independence.

""Sassy...breezes

along...salted with earthy aphorisms.""-Bloomberg Businessweek

""Boone's analysis of America' s energy situation is 100 percent on the money....

The country should listen to him- now!"" -Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO, Berkshire Hathaway

""Self-deprecating and

audacious...overall, it's decidedly informative about the machinations of business.""

-Dallas Morning News

""A fascinating, eye-opening book by one of America's greatest

iconoclasts and entrepreneurs. Boone Pickens' sense of daring and innovation has

never been sharper.""-Steve Forbes, president and CEO, Forbes Inc., and editor in

chief of Forbes magazine

By: T. Boone Pickens
Imprint: Three Rivers Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 202mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 235g
ISBN: 9780307396013
ISBN 10: 0307396010
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 08 September 2009
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

T. BOONE PICKENS is, in his ninth decade, the very active strategic and managerial force behind BP Capital, one of America's most successful energy companies. Currently, he ranks among the world's richest men.

Reviews for The First Billion Is the Hardest: Reflections on a Life of Comebacks and America's Energy Future

Entertaining...both Adam Smith and Horatio Alger would find something to like in the rise of T. Boone Pickens. -- Wall Street Journa l The latest memoir from the Texas oilman...Pickens' sauciness does entertain. -- Time magazine Sassy...breezes along...salted with earthy aphorisms. -- Bloomberg.com Self-deprecating and audacious...overall, it's decidedly informative about the machinations of business. -- Dallas Morning News A fascinating, eye-opening bookby one of America's greatest iconoclasts andentrepreneurs. Boone Pickens' sense of daring and innovation has never been sharper. Readers will quickly realize that this billionaire's extraordinary achievements are but a warm-up for what he is about to do now. --Steve Forbes, President and CEO, Forbes Inc., and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes magazine Boone's analysis of America's energy situation is 100% on the money. In easy and colorful language he tells us where we are going