Ross Perot The Man Behind the Myth [Paperback]

A portrait of the outsider presidential candidate who captured the American imagination, based on exclusive interviews with Ross Perot, his family, and his business associates
 
He’s a brilliant entrepreneur, a robust patriot, a working-class boy who rose to be a business tycoon. But who is the real Ross Perot?
 
In this definitive biography that everyone who cares about America will want to read, Ken Gross brings to life the man behind the news stories and the sound bites, offering insights into Perot’s gifts for leadership. Here are the experiences that forged Perot’s character and political convictions: his humble childhood in Texas, his naval service, his astounding business success, his daring hostage-rescue mission to Iran. Here are his down-to-earth ideas for re-energizing America.
 
Ross Perot: The Man Behind the Mythoffers the most revealing and detailed portrait yet of the man who singlehandedly transformed America’s political landscape.Ken Grossis a magazine writer and a former columnist for Newsday. A recipient of the Meyer Berger Award for journalism, he is the author of nine previous books of fiction and nonfiction.1
 
 
 
“I was born rich. Not in tangible things, but rich in the parents I had.”
—ROSS PEROT
 
Ross Perot was born on the hottest day ever recorded in the East Texas town of Texarkana. The thermometer read 117 degrees on June 27, 1930. At least, that’s the way it’s recorded in the archives of the family legend. How else could they explain the iron will and tensile strength of Ross Perot unless he had emerged from a blast furnace?
 
It was an odd time and odd place to grow up. During the 1930s, Texarkana was split down the middle over the issue of Prohibition. Literally. The border between dry Texas and wet Arkansas ran right through the center of town. On one side l£¼