Good Guys, Wiseguys, and Putting Up Buildings: A Life in Construction

by Samuel C. Florman

Good Guys, Wiseguys, and Putting Up Buildings is an engaging memoir about one man's career in construction--rising to the top of an industry renowned for crime, corruption, violence, physical danger, and the chronic risk of financial catastrophe. Starting in the Navy Seabees at the end of WWII, Samuel C. Florman made his way as a general contractor in New York City through the period of explosive development, private exuberance and the historic growth...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312641672
• ISBN13: 9780312641672
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.9" x 8.5"