Lewis, Reginald F., <br/><br/>
Why should white guys have all the fun? :  how Reginald Lewis created a billion-dollar business empire / 
Reginald F. Lewis and Blair S. Walker. 
 - New York :  Wiley,  1995 
 - xvii, 318 p., [16] p. of plates :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>A kid from East Baltimore --<br/>Lewis's "demon work ethic": the high school years --<br/>"I'm going to be a millionaire": Lewis at Virginia State --<br/>No application needed: breaking down the doors of Harvard Law --<br/>Building his own law practice: the years of struggle --<br/>"Masterful" man: winning Loida Nicolas --<br/>"I was not ready" --<br/>Drexel, the bear, and the $18 million race: closing the McCall pattern deal --<br/>Piloting McCall pattern deal --<br/>Piloting McCall for a 90-to-1 gain --<br/>The biggest deal of all: the billion-dollar LBO of beatrice --<br/>International headaches and domestic roadblocks. Bravura and brinksmanship: closing the beatrice acquisition --<br/>Taming a business behemoth --<br/>A door to a new universe --<br/>Connoisseur, philanthropist, citizen of the world --<br/>"I am not afraid of death." 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0471042277 (acidfree paper) 9780471145608 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>African American businesspeople<br/>Millionaires--United States
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.04092  / L5851