- Gebundene Ausgabe: 368 Seiten
- Verlag: Riverhead Hardcover (8. Juli 2010)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 159448760X
- ISBN-13: 978-1594487606
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- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 23,5 x 16,8 x 3 cm
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"A Full Cup celebrates a remarkable man: a great philanthropist and entrepreneurial tradesman, blessed with style, flair and, most of all, great spirit."
-The Washington Times
"Lipton made all the right moves, and there are few flaws in Mr. D'Antonio's nicely crafted volume."
-The Wall Street Journal
"Entertaining and instructive"
-DailyFinance
"A Full Cup turns the life of grocer and tea entrepreneur Thomas Lipton into a thrilling story you won't be able to put down."
-Connecticut Post
-The Washington Times
"Lipton made all the right moves, and there are few flaws in Mr. D'Antonio's nicely crafted volume."
-The Wall Street Journal
"Entertaining and instructive"
-DailyFinance
"A Full Cup turns the life of grocer and tea entrepreneur Thomas Lipton into a thrilling story you won't be able to put down."
-Connecticut Post
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An in-depth biography of Sir Thomas Lipton, the founder of Lipton Tea-a portrait of a remarkable self-made man and intrepid sailor.
Today Lipton means tea. However, in his time Sir Thomas Lipton was known for much more. Raised in desperate poverty, he became rich beyond his wildest dreams. He built a global empire of markets, factories, plantations, and stockyards. And his colorful pursuit of the America's Cup trophy made him a beloved figure on both sides of the Atlantic.
In A Full Cup, Michael D'Antonio tells the tale of this larger- than-life figure. Beginning with a journey across the United States just after the Civil War, Thomas J. Lipton developed the ambition and learned the business techniques that helped him create the first chain of grocery stores. Wealthy before the age of thirty, he set his sights on the tea trade, and soon his name became synonymous with his product. Lipton's great business success makes for a compelling story of innovation and achievement. Moreover, though, Lipton's most intriguing creation was a public persona-one of the first formed with the help of a modern mass media-that appealed to millions of ordinary people, as well as the elites in America and Europe. Concocting simple stunts like elephant parades, Lipton mastered the new art of obtaining free publicity. With shameless self-promotion, he became one of the world's most eligible bachelors, a patron of the poor, and ultimately reached legendary heights when he revived the competition for the America's Cup. With one losing attempt after another, the gallant Lipton, who didn't even know how to sail his own yacht, became ever more popular. D'Antonio's biography brings to vivid life this remarkable figure.
Today Lipton means tea. However, in his time Sir Thomas Lipton was known for much more. Raised in desperate poverty, he became rich beyond his wildest dreams. He built a global empire of markets, factories, plantations, and stockyards. And his colorful pursuit of the America's Cup trophy made him a beloved figure on both sides of the Atlantic.
In A Full Cup, Michael D'Antonio tells the tale of this larger- than-life figure. Beginning with a journey across the United States just after the Civil War, Thomas J. Lipton developed the ambition and learned the business techniques that helped him create the first chain of grocery stores. Wealthy before the age of thirty, he set his sights on the tea trade, and soon his name became synonymous with his product. Lipton's great business success makes for a compelling story of innovation and achievement. Moreover, though, Lipton's most intriguing creation was a public persona-one of the first formed with the help of a modern mass media-that appealed to millions of ordinary people, as well as the elites in America and Europe. Concocting simple stunts like elephant parades, Lipton mastered the new art of obtaining free publicity. With shameless self-promotion, he became one of the world's most eligible bachelors, a patron of the poor, and ultimately reached legendary heights when he revived the competition for the America's Cup. With one losing attempt after another, the gallant Lipton, who didn't even know how to sail his own yacht, became ever more popular. D'Antonio's biography brings to vivid life this remarkable figure.
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"A Full Cup" is a delightful biography of Sir Thomas Lipton, businessman, sportsman and character. Born in Scotland of Irish parents, Lipton spent much of his life crossing between Britain and America where, with his bow tie and yachting cap, he became as much of a fixture as he did at home.
Many associate the Lipton name with his tea company, and some may even remember his caricature on the box, but few today know the rest of the story. After learning the trade in his parents' small grocery, Lipton left home for his first visit to America. This taste of America included serving as a replacement for freed slaves in the South and working on streetcars in New Orleans. Upon his return to Scotland he went founded the first grocery chain in the world. Emphasizing quality goods imported from Ireland and elsewhere, Lipton turned his idea into a fortune. Recognizing the inconsistent quality of tea sold in Britain and the U.S., he formed a business, literally from the ground up. From the tea plantations through packaging, shipping and, in some cases, retailing, tea was a Lipton operation. His quality control and astute marketing made the name Lipton synonymous with tea. Lipton himself became the face of his company. His constant public appearances made him a face and personality known across two continents. The confident of kings and friend of presidents, Lipton would pass through doors he would have never thought would open to him.
Like many successful businessmen, Lipton turned to an avocation. In his case it was challenging for the America's cup. Even though he never learned to sail, he would be the sponsor of five challenges over a thirty year period. Although he never won, and his boat was always outclassed, Lipton won the heart of his other country, America and sold a lot of tea in the process. His ability to turn his yachting publicity into tea sales was irritating to his American competitors who could not reap commercial benefits from the Cup races. Toward the end of his long career, his popularity was so great that Americans were actually rooting for him to win.
That should give you enough about Sir Thomas to whet your appetite for more. Now that your attention has been grasped, let us get to the book. It is very well written. The story will never bore, the writing style never lose your attention. It has enough connection with the bigger world to be really interesting, but trivial enough to remain a light read. Whether you are looking for history, a fascinating story or just a book to pass the time with, "A Full Cup" will satiate your thirst.
Many associate the Lipton name with his tea company, and some may even remember his caricature on the box, but few today know the rest of the story. After learning the trade in his parents' small grocery, Lipton left home for his first visit to America. This taste of America included serving as a replacement for freed slaves in the South and working on streetcars in New Orleans. Upon his return to Scotland he went founded the first grocery chain in the world. Emphasizing quality goods imported from Ireland and elsewhere, Lipton turned his idea into a fortune. Recognizing the inconsistent quality of tea sold in Britain and the U.S., he formed a business, literally from the ground up. From the tea plantations through packaging, shipping and, in some cases, retailing, tea was a Lipton operation. His quality control and astute marketing made the name Lipton synonymous with tea. Lipton himself became the face of his company. His constant public appearances made him a face and personality known across two continents. The confident of kings and friend of presidents, Lipton would pass through doors he would have never thought would open to him.
Like many successful businessmen, Lipton turned to an avocation. In his case it was challenging for the America's cup. Even though he never learned to sail, he would be the sponsor of five challenges over a thirty year period. Although he never won, and his boat was always outclassed, Lipton won the heart of his other country, America and sold a lot of tea in the process. His ability to turn his yachting publicity into tea sales was irritating to his American competitors who could not reap commercial benefits from the Cup races. Toward the end of his long career, his popularity was so great that Americans were actually rooting for him to win.
That should give you enough about Sir Thomas to whet your appetite for more. Now that your attention has been grasped, let us get to the book. It is very well written. The story will never bore, the writing style never lose your attention. It has enough connection with the bigger world to be really interesting, but trivial enough to remain a light read. Whether you are looking for history, a fascinating story or just a book to pass the time with, "A Full Cup" will satiate your thirst.
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Sir Tea
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Good biographies are about much more than their subjects, and "A Full Cup" is certainly a good and exhaustive biography of Thomas J. Lipton. Here are a few quick facts about "Sir Tea:"
* Born in 1848 in Glasgow, grew up in the slums, went to America as a lad, saved up a grubstake and learned some crazy American commercial ways
* Back in Glasgow he opened a grocery store, advertised it with pig parades, jingles, and other crazy stuff
* Added more stores, MANY stores, integrated vertically by going into meat packing in the U.S. and buying tea plantations in Ceylon
* Had more money than Croesus, was a bigger publicity hound than P.T. Barnum, and (like Forrest Gump) when any big thing happened, he was there
* Hung out with the Prince of Wales (Bertie), later King Edward VII; though being in trade and from the slums, he was never quite comme il faut with the upper class, always "the king's grocer"
* Was never married or known to be in a relationship, and the book suggests that he was homosexual but, with admirable editorial restraint, never mentions it again
* Spent millions of dollars building yachts and mounting five unsuccessful challenges for the America's Cup between 1899 and 1930; America loved him and presented him with a cup for being "the best of all losers"
* Lived the fullness of his years, and though his grocery chain is gone, his tea empire lives on under an international conglomerate
Author and journalist Michael D'Antonio presents Lipton's life in the context of the forces that shaped his success. He went into business in the right time and place, as Glasgow was embracing the Industrial Revolution in the last quarter of the 19th century: its population was swelling and incomes were rising, so that the demand for nutritious food was unprecedented as "trade transformed the national diet." Shipping and transport were developing. A resourceful, hardworking businessman not afraid to invest his money had a great chance of success, and Lipton was all that.
Eventually Lipton began to think about selling tea. Tea had until recently been taxed heavily and sourced almost exclusively from China, expensive to ship and prone to spoilage. But the British Empire began to use India and Ceylon to supply tea to Great Britain; one of the many benefits of having dominion territories. Through industrial espionage, the superior Chinese tea was smuggled to Ceylon and thrived there. Now, with tea much more affordable, demand for good, reasonably priced tea exploded--and Lipton was there. He moved his tea sales into the U.S. in time to take advantage of the temperance movement and Prohibition, offering a stimulating, good-quality product, attractively packaged. With his picture on every packet, he WAS Lipton's Tea.
At every stage of his career, D'Antonio fits Lipton into the social fabric as if it had been created just to showcase his talents; if he had not existed, the Gilded Age would have had to create him. Well, it did, and "A Full Cup" is a pleasure to read in every way, but especially as social history.
While we get a front-row seat for the man's adventurous life, we somehow don't get to know him personally. Though he was steeped in his business (and all of his activities were business, in a way) I would have expected and welcomed a more intimate look at Thomas Lipton. There are no personal letters and very little personal detail. I don't know if this is because there WAS no private man behind the public face, or if it was the author's choice. But "A Full Cup" is the book we have, and it's a glorious, larger-than-life book and well worth a reader's time.
Linda Bulger, 2010
* Born in 1848 in Glasgow, grew up in the slums, went to America as a lad, saved up a grubstake and learned some crazy American commercial ways
* Back in Glasgow he opened a grocery store, advertised it with pig parades, jingles, and other crazy stuff
* Added more stores, MANY stores, integrated vertically by going into meat packing in the U.S. and buying tea plantations in Ceylon
* Had more money than Croesus, was a bigger publicity hound than P.T. Barnum, and (like Forrest Gump) when any big thing happened, he was there
* Hung out with the Prince of Wales (Bertie), later King Edward VII; though being in trade and from the slums, he was never quite comme il faut with the upper class, always "the king's grocer"
* Was never married or known to be in a relationship, and the book suggests that he was homosexual but, with admirable editorial restraint, never mentions it again
* Spent millions of dollars building yachts and mounting five unsuccessful challenges for the America's Cup between 1899 and 1930; America loved him and presented him with a cup for being "the best of all losers"
* Lived the fullness of his years, and though his grocery chain is gone, his tea empire lives on under an international conglomerate
Author and journalist Michael D'Antonio presents Lipton's life in the context of the forces that shaped his success. He went into business in the right time and place, as Glasgow was embracing the Industrial Revolution in the last quarter of the 19th century: its population was swelling and incomes were rising, so that the demand for nutritious food was unprecedented as "trade transformed the national diet." Shipping and transport were developing. A resourceful, hardworking businessman not afraid to invest his money had a great chance of success, and Lipton was all that.
Eventually Lipton began to think about selling tea. Tea had until recently been taxed heavily and sourced almost exclusively from China, expensive to ship and prone to spoilage. But the British Empire began to use India and Ceylon to supply tea to Great Britain; one of the many benefits of having dominion territories. Through industrial espionage, the superior Chinese tea was smuggled to Ceylon and thrived there. Now, with tea much more affordable, demand for good, reasonably priced tea exploded--and Lipton was there. He moved his tea sales into the U.S. in time to take advantage of the temperance movement and Prohibition, offering a stimulating, good-quality product, attractively packaged. With his picture on every packet, he WAS Lipton's Tea.
At every stage of his career, D'Antonio fits Lipton into the social fabric as if it had been created just to showcase his talents; if he had not existed, the Gilded Age would have had to create him. Well, it did, and "A Full Cup" is a pleasure to read in every way, but especially as social history.
While we get a front-row seat for the man's adventurous life, we somehow don't get to know him personally. Though he was steeped in his business (and all of his activities were business, in a way) I would have expected and welcomed a more intimate look at Thomas Lipton. There are no personal letters and very little personal detail. I don't know if this is because there WAS no private man behind the public face, or if it was the author's choice. But "A Full Cup" is the book we have, and it's a glorious, larger-than-life book and well worth a reader's time.
Linda Bulger, 2010
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11. September 2010
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This is a well-written book that covers the subject well. However, I didn't find it all that absorbing because Lipton's guest for the America's Cup just didn't hold my interest.
I thought how Lipton started out from nothing and made himself into a very wealthy man was the most interesting part of the book.
This really is a decent book; I am just not a big sailing fan. My guess would be those that have a greater interest in sailing will find this a more enjoyable book than I did.
It is a good story, well-written and covers the subject well. The subject, however, just didn't interest me that much. So my review rating really could be considered a bigger reflection on my enjoyment of the subject more than the quality of the book.
I thought how Lipton started out from nothing and made himself into a very wealthy man was the most interesting part of the book.
This really is a decent book; I am just not a big sailing fan. My guess would be those that have a greater interest in sailing will find this a more enjoyable book than I did.
It is a good story, well-written and covers the subject well. The subject, however, just didn't interest me that much. So my review rating really could be considered a bigger reflection on my enjoyment of the subject more than the quality of the book.
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17. Juli 2010
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Michael D'Antonio's A Full Cup is a well-written and interesting biography of Sir Thomas Lipton of Lipton Tea fame. He chronicles Lipton's life from a slum in Glasgow to his life as a rich, influential businessman. He provides lots of interesting details about Lipton's genius for self-promotion and publicity. And he includes anything anyone could want to know about Lipton's quest to win the America's Cup, a famous sailing trophy.
This is a biography that may well provide more information about its subject than most people want to know. We learn the details of Lipton's miserable childhood, his apparent homosexuality, and his world-wide business dealings. Fortunately, we also get a great portrait of Victorian England and of the U.S. during the same period, which I found more interesting than the details about Lipton's life.
This is a biography that may well provide more information about its subject than most people want to know. We learn the details of Lipton's miserable childhood, his apparent homosexuality, and his world-wide business dealings. Fortunately, we also get a great portrait of Victorian England and of the U.S. during the same period, which I found more interesting than the details about Lipton's life.
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