A Full Cup: Sir Thomas Lipton's Extraordinary Life and His Quest for the America's Cup

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Raised in desperate poverty, Sir Thomas Lipton built a global empire of markets, factories and stockyards with a prodigious talent for business and a shameless flair for self-promotion. Lipton created the first chain of grocery stores before setting his sights on the tea trade, but in his day he was equally famous for another exploit: his pursuit of the international sailing trophy, the America's Cup. Now, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael D'Antonio chronicles this larger-than-life character.

Michael D'Antonio is the author of many acclaimed books, including Atomic Harvest, Tin Cup Dreams, Mosquito, The State Boys Rebellion, Hershey, and Forever Blue. His work has appeared in Esquire, The New York Times Magazine, the Los Angeles Times Magazine, Discover, and other publications. Among his many awards is the Pulitzer Prize, which he shared with a team of reporters for Newsday.

"A captivating book."-The Wall Street Journal "[A] TRIUMPH... A Full Cup tells the story in a breathless style that will keep most readers racing through D'Antonio's account of this extraordinary character. A thrilling story you won't be able to put down." - Connecticut Post "A BRACING BIOGRAPHY of the man who can be called the original Richard Branson...an innovative businessman, philanthropically minded, and well-liked from the slums of New York to the palaces of Europe, all of which D'Antonio captures with aplomb" -The Daily Beast "A Full Cup celebrates a remarkable man: a great philanthropist and entrepreneurial tradesman, blessed with style, flair and, most of all, great spirit."-Washington Times