{"product_id":"the-trumps-three-generations-of-builders-and-a-president-9780743210799","title":"The Trumps: Three Generations of Builders and a President","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe definitive family biography of President Donald Trump.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe revealing story of the Trumps mirrors America's transformation from a land of striving immigrants to a world in which the aura of wealth alone can guarantee a fortune. \u003ci\u003eThe Trumps\u003c\/i\u003e begins with a portrait of President Trump's immigrant grandfather, who as a young man built hotels for miners in Alaska during the Klondike gold rush. His son, Fred, took advantage of the New Deal, using government subsidies and loopholes to construct hugely successful housing developments in the 1940s and 1950s. The profits from Fred's enterprises paved the way for President Trump's roller-coaster ride through the 1980s and 1990s into the new century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith his talent for extravagant exaggeration--he calls it \"truthful hyperbole\"--President Trump turned the deal-making know-how of his forebears into an art form. By placing this much-publicized life within the context of family, Gwenda Blair adds a new dimension to the larger-than-life figure who ascended to the American Presidency.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlair, Gwenda:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Gwenda Blair is the author of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eAlmost Golden: Jessica Savitch And The Selling of TV News\u003c\/i\u003e, and she has written for \u003ci\u003ePolitico\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSmart Money\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChicago Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and other newspapers and magazines. She lives in Chicago and teaches at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. Follow her @GwendaLBlair.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50491968291090,"sku":"9780743210799","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_32b8ddb2-b1f1-4cde-87ec-1a945dde50b3.jpg?v=1730563552","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-trumps-three-generations-of-builders-and-a-president-9780743210799","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}