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Today, Lipton means tea. However, in his time, Sir Thomas Lipton was known for much more. Raised in eager poverty, he became abundant beyond his wildest dreams. he built a worldwide empire of market segments, factories, plantations, and stockyards. And his colourful pursuit of the America's Glass trophy made him a cherished body on both edges of the Atlantic. In A Full Glass, Michael D'Antonio says the tale of the larger-than-life figure. Beginning with a journey across the United States soon after the Civil War, Thomas J. Lipton developed the ambition and learned the business enterprise techniques that helped him create the first chain of grocery stores. Wealthy before get older 30, he place his sights on the tea trade, and soon his name became synonymous with the product.Lipton's great business success produces a compelling report of advancement and achievement. Furthermore, though, Lipton's most intriguing creation was a public persona - main formed with the aid of a modern mass media - that appealed to millions of ordinary people, as well as the elites in the us and Europe. Concocting simple stunts like elephant parades, Lipton mastered the new skill of obtaining free publicity. With shameless self-promotion, he became one of the world's most qualified bachelors and a patron of the poor, and he finally reached legendary levels when he revived the competition for the America's Glass. With one dropping attempt after another, the gallant Lipton, who didn't even know how to sail his own yacht, became ever more popular. D'Antonio's biography brings to vivid life this exceptional figure.
