Unsung Heroes of American Industry

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Bloomsbury, 2004 - Business & Economics - 192 pages
These quirky cottage industries hold the potential to make fortunes, though it's more likely that they'll lead to bankruptcy and shattered dreams. Mark Poirier introduces the misfits and the visionaries who embody the aspirations - and frequently the lunacy - of the American entrepeneur in a collection of short stories that race across the American landscape.

About the author (2004)

Mark Jude Poirier grew up in Tucson, in a family of eleven children. He received a Maytag fellowship while at the Iowa Writers Workshop and was recently awarded a James A. Michener Fellowship. He is also a graduate of Georgetown, Stanford, and the Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins. His stories have appeared in Jane, Bomb, and Tin House. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

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