The Resource The Bill Cook story : ready, fire, aim!, Bob Hammel
The Bill Cook story : ready, fire, aim!, Bob Hammel
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The item The Bill Cook story : ready, fire, aim!, Bob Hammel represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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The item The Bill Cook story : ready, fire, aim!, Bob Hammel represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- Bill Cook epitomizes the American success story. His business ventures in medical devices, pharmaceuticals, genetics, real estate, retail management, and travel services have made him a billionaire. Yet, Cook continues to lead a modest life, involving himself in a variety of philanthropic activities that have included historic preservation and even a marching band. This riveting story is the first-ever biography of the entrepreneur who, working from the spare bedroom of his Bloomington, Indiana, apartment in 1963 with a 1,500 investment, began to construct the wire guides, needles, and cathete
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (441 pages)
- Contents
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- Cover; The Bill Cook Story; Copyright; Dedication; contents ; Preface; A Day in a Life; KIDNAPPING; The Life; 1. Playing in Peoria; 2. The Canton High Years; 3. A Wide Gold Band; 4. Road to Bloomington; 5. Bedroom Beginning; Ain't but One Bill Cook; 6. Moving Up; An Ow, a Bow-Wow, a Hoosegow; 7. Team Taking Shape; Taking Flight; 8. Foothold in Europe; 9. Doctors; 10. Stents and Suits; 11. Health; 12. The Guidant Fiasco; The Band Director; 13. Philosophy; 14. Religion; 15. Politics; 16. Cook Clinic; The Bill Cook Plan for America; The Day Revisited; KIDNAPPING REDUX; 17. The Future; Wealth
- 18. Power and Opportunity19. Rising Stars; 20. Restorations; 21. A Good Time in Our Lives; Acknowledgments; Sources and Notes; Index
- Isbn
- 9780253018533
- Label
- The Bill Cook story : ready, fire, aim!
- Title
- The Bill Cook story
- Title remainder
- ready, fire, aim!
- Statement of responsibility
- Bob Hammel
- Subject
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- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries | General
- Billionaires
- Billionaires -- Middle West -- Biography
- Billionaires -- Middle West -- Biography
- Biography
- Businessmen
- Businessmen -- Middle West -- Biography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Business
- Cook, Bill, 1931-2011
- Cook, Bill, 1931-2011
- Cook, Bill, 1931-2011
- Electronic books
- Middle West
- Businessmen -- Middle West -- Biography
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Bill Cook epitomizes the American success story. His business ventures in medical devices, pharmaceuticals, genetics, real estate, retail management, and travel services have made him a billionaire. Yet, Cook continues to lead a modest life, involving himself in a variety of philanthropic activities that have included historic preservation and even a marching band. This riveting story is the first-ever biography of the entrepreneur who, working from the spare bedroom of his Bloomington, Indiana, apartment in 1963 with a 1,500 investment, began to construct the wire guides, needles, and cathete
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hammel, Bob
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Cook, Bill
- Cook, Bill
- Billionaires
- Businessmen
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- Billionaires
- Businessmen
- Middle West
- Billionaires
- Businessmen
- Cook, Bill, 1931-2011
- Label
- The Bill Cook story : ready, fire, aim!, Bob Hammel
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-402) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
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- Cover; The Bill Cook Story; Copyright; Dedication; contents ; Preface; A Day in a Life; KIDNAPPING; The Life; 1. Playing in Peoria; 2. The Canton High Years; 3. A Wide Gold Band; 4. Road to Bloomington; 5. Bedroom Beginning; Ain't but One Bill Cook; 6. Moving Up; An Ow, a Bow-Wow, a Hoosegow; 7. Team Taking Shape; Taking Flight; 8. Foothold in Europe; 9. Doctors; 10. Stents and Suits; 11. Health; 12. The Guidant Fiasco; The Band Director; 13. Philosophy; 14. Religion; 15. Politics; 16. Cook Clinic; The Bill Cook Plan for America; The Day Revisited; KIDNAPPING REDUX; 17. The Future; Wealth
- 18. Power and Opportunity19. Rising Stars; 20. Restorations; 21. A Good Time in Our Lives; Acknowledgments; Sources and Notes; Index
- Control code
- ocn905991450
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (441 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780253018533
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt16gkrxj
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)905991450
- Label
- The Bill Cook story : ready, fire, aim!, Bob Hammel
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-402) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Cover; The Bill Cook Story; Copyright; Dedication; contents ; Preface; A Day in a Life; KIDNAPPING; The Life; 1. Playing in Peoria; 2. The Canton High Years; 3. A Wide Gold Band; 4. Road to Bloomington; 5. Bedroom Beginning; Ain't but One Bill Cook; 6. Moving Up; An Ow, a Bow-Wow, a Hoosegow; 7. Team Taking Shape; Taking Flight; 8. Foothold in Europe; 9. Doctors; 10. Stents and Suits; 11. Health; 12. The Guidant Fiasco; The Band Director; 13. Philosophy; 14. Religion; 15. Politics; 16. Cook Clinic; The Bill Cook Plan for America; The Day Revisited; KIDNAPPING REDUX; 17. The Future; Wealth
- 18. Power and Opportunity19. Rising Stars; 20. Restorations; 21. A Good Time in Our Lives; Acknowledgments; Sources and Notes; Index
- Control code
- ocn905991450
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (441 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780253018533
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt16gkrxj
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)905991450
Subject
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries | General
- Billionaires
- Billionaires -- Middle West -- Biography
- Billionaires -- Middle West -- Biography
- Biography
- Businessmen
- Businessmen -- Middle West -- Biography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Business
- Cook, Bill, 1931-2011
- Cook, Bill, 1931-2011
- Cook, Bill, 1931-2011
- Electronic books
- Middle West
- Businessmen -- Middle West -- Biography
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