Citizen Coors: A Grand Family Saga Of Business, Politics, And Beer

Citizen Coors: A Grand Family Saga of Business, Politics, and Beer

Name by Jonathon Yardly of the Washington Post as one of the best books of 2000, Citizen Coors combines a monumental business story with a heartrending tale of family strife and a sweeping vista of American politics in the last half of the twentieth century. From the moment when the dsitute Prussian Adolph Coors stows away to America in 1868, through the creation of the Heritage Foundation, to the global expansion of the billion-dollar Coors Brewing Company, the Coors family triumphed by iron-willed commitment to its own values -- values that ironically prove the family's undoing on both the business and political fronts.Acclaimed writer Dan Baum captures it all, from Adolph's Prohibition-provoked suicide to the banishment of an heir-apparent for marrying without permission. Baum vividly depicts the genius, eccentricity, and tragic weaknesses of the remarkable Coors family.Review"An arresting view of America through the distorted lens of a weird and wealthy family."-- "Barron's"Baum's take on Coors's dynasty makes good reading."-- "USA TodayAbout the AuthorDan Baum has been a staff reporter for theWall Street Journal, theAsian Wall Street Journal, and theAtlanta Journal-Constitution, and now writes occasionally forRolling Stone. He is the author ofSmoke and Mirrors: The War on Drugs and the Politics of Failure. He lives with his wife and daughter in Watsonville, California.