Thank you for downloading this Simon & Schuster eBook Join our mailing list and get updates on new releases, deals, bonus content and other great books from Simon & Schuster CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP or visit us online to sign up at eBookNews.SimonandSchuster.com CONTENTS PREFACE INTRODUCTION THE FOUNDER: FRIEDRICH TRUMP CHAPTER 1: The New World CHAPTER 2: Seattle Day s and Nights CHAPTER 3: Tales of Monte Cristo CHAPTER 4: Mining the Miners CHAPTER 5: Klondike Fever CHAPTER 6: Here to Stay THE BUILDER: FRED TRUMP CHAPTER 7: Born to Work CHAPTER 8: Savvy in a Brookly n Courtroom CHAPTER 9: Washington to the Rescue CHAPTER 10: Home Building’s Henry Ford CHAPTER 11: Putting a Roof over GI Joe’s Head CHAPTER 12: The Perils of Success CHAPTER 13: Clashing Visions THE STAR: DONALD TRUMP CHAPTER 14: Born to Compete CHAPTER 15: Manhattan Bound CHAPTER 16: From Brick Box to Glass Fantasy CHAPTER 17: The Twenty -Eight-Sided Building CHAPTER 18: Gambling on Atlantic City CHAPTER 19: The Tallest Building in the World CHAPTER 20: Spinning out of Control CHAPTER 21: Pulling Back from the Brink CHAPTER 22: Trump™ PHOTOGRAPHS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX PHOTO CREDITS TO MY CHILDREN, SASHA AND NEWELL, AND TO MY PARENTS, NEWELL AND GRETA BLAIR PREFACE On Tuesday, June 16, 2015, two days after Donald Trump’s 69th birthday, his daughter Ivanka, wearing a tailored sleeveless white dress, stepped onto a temporary stage in the lobby of Trump Tower Eight American flags stood at attention along the back of the stage, which had a speaker’s podium faced with bright blue and edged with red Across the front of the podium, in large white allcapital letters, was the name Trump, a website address, and a presidential campaign slogan, Make America Great Again!, recycled from the 1980 campaign of the nation’s last celebrity candidate, Ronald Reagan It was the culminating moment in an only-in-America story, the three-generational rise of a family dynasty based on doing whatever it took to win, never hesitating to push the envelope, and never giving up Donald Trump’s grandfather Friedrich, who came to New York from Germany as a 16-year-old in 1885, amassed a nest egg—the first Trump fortune—by mining the miners during the gold rush era Starting in Seattle, where he became a U.S citizen, and ending up in the Yukon, he established the Trump MO: scope out the best location (his tended to be in the red-light district); open a business (in his case, restaurants, at times on land to which he had no legal right); and offer customers (most of his were rootless newcomers who had yet to see their first nugget) some right-now comfort in the form of booze and easy access to women When he later attempted to repatriate to Germany, he massaged this history, insisting that he was a quiet sort who avoided bars and that he had been in the United States during the years he would have been subject to compulsory German military service solely because he wanted to support his widowed mother But German authorities saw him as a draft dodger and sent him back to the country of his current citizenship —the same fate his grandson would propose for undocumented immigrants more than century later Donald’s father, Fred, became a multimillionaire by exploiting every loophole when constructing government-backed housing in Queens and Brooklyn When payment for federal projects was by the unit instead of the room, he upped the number of efficiencies and one bedrooms, even though the architects had intended larger apartments and the buyers, many of them GIs returning from World War II, needed more space for their growing families Later, when building apartments subsidized by New York State, Fred set up shell equipment companies and billed the state for trucks and cement mixers he rented from himself at inflated prices A generation later, Donald refined the family formula by adding new techniques, including celebrity branding and extreme self-praise While he heeded classic business basics like “location, location, location,” his personal mantra would be “exaggerate, exaggerate, exaggerate”—and he used it to become a billionaire through high-end building; casino gambling; and his reality TV show, The Apprentice As fresh-faced young contestants competed for a job with the Trump Organization, he played the archetypal boss, pouncing on mistakes and dismissing excuses, ever aware of the bottom line But what few contestants or viewers knew was that behind this role lay a life story with more twists and turns than any television producer could possibly imagine Nor did they know that Donald himself had been a lifelong apprentice to a powerful man whom he admired, rebelled against, studied, competed with, and eventually surpassed—his father, Fred Donald, the erstwhile apprentice and one of the most celebrated figures of his time, lived in the center of photographers’ cameras, but his own master existed outside the media’s glare The two men’s lives were vastly different—as different as business in the middle of the twentieth century from that of the early decades of the twenty-first, as different as America during and after World War II from what the country became in the post–cold war era Perhaps the biggest difference between this apprentice and his master was that Fred put his name on only one development: Trump Village, a cluster of 23-story middle-income apartment buildings in Coney Island It was his tallest project as well as his last Everything Donald built was far taller; and every pitch for every venture hyped not just the project at hand but the Trump name itself, which a prescient ancestor had changed from Drumpf Starting with Trump Tower, Donald’s signature building in Manhattan, everything—from the 12-inch-tall Apprentice Talking Donald Trump Doll, a pint-sized personal mentor with the real-estate magnate’s pursed mouth and bushy eyebrows, to the 98-story Trump Tower Chicago, the 16th-tallest structure in the world—would bear the Trump name front and center in large, shiny letters, seemingly a guarantee of success when attached to any business undertaking This apprentice did not always follow his master’s advice When Donald ignored his father’s oldfashioned all-brick aesthetic in favor of modern glass-walled skyscrapers, he achieved great success; when he disobeyed his father’s financial precepts and signed personal financial guarantees for nearly $1 billion, he brought about a near disaster But unlike other magnates of the time, Donald emerged from financial turmoil to create a second, virtual empire From the start, he had marketed himself as the embodiment of the American dream of wealth and fame, and to claw his way back from the brink, he would cash in on that achievement Rather than restricting his name to buildings, products, and other enterprises which he actually owned, he would license the use of his name, a practice that would produce a tidy income in fees, insulate him from financial risk, and allow the world at large to think that he held title to far more than was the case Now, as TV cameras and reporters clustered in front of the podium, Donald and the rest of the country were about to find out whether the same magic that was presumed to attach to his name in business would carry over to the political realm And who better to hand him off to the public than his daughter Ivanka, a former model with her own line of jewelry, perfume, and clothing? Now 33 and the mother of two children, she was also an executive at the Trump Organization, as were her two brothers from Donald Trump’s first marriage, Donald Jr., 37, and the father of five children, and Eric, 31 With her brown eyes and her long blond hair tucked up in a neat chignon, Ivanka bore a marked resemblance to her mother, Ivana, also a former model But when Ivanka began speaking, she was her father’s daughter Radiating self-confidence, she said she was introducing a man who needed no introduction; nonetheless, she spent five minutes lauding his success, vision, brilliance, passion, strength, boldness, and independence When she finally finished, a recording of Canadian singer Neil Young’s rendition of “Rockin’ in the Free World” reverberated from the cavernous lobby’s peachcolored marble walls Then, as is customary at the announcement of a candidacy, the contender appeared But rather than enter from the wings, as is traditional, Donald Trump stood at the top of a gilded multi-story escalator with his third wife, Melania, yet another former model, also wearing a white dress Gazing out, they seemed for a moment like a royal couple viewing subjects from the balcony of the palace Donald waved, flashed two thumbs up, and slowly descended to take his place on the podium He was heavier and more jowly than when he first stepped into the national spotlight some four decades earlier, and his hair—blond in childhood, then light brown, and later, infamously, an improbable orange—was now a subdued blond comb-over As usual, he was wearing a white shirt and a bright red tie, but he had traded his habitual black Brioni suit for a navy number; on the video clips that played around the world in the days that followed, the combination of podium, attire, and flags produced a television-savvy cornucopia of red, white, and blue On most such occasions, the next step would be for Trump to declare his candidacy for the Republican nomination But the first thing on his agenda was to establish that his announcement was better than those of his rivals and that they were nincompoops “Whoa,” he began, looking out into the lobby “That is some group of people Thousands.” In fact, there were only a few hundred people, but no matter “This is beyond anybody’s expectations There’s been no crowd like this.” By contrast, he said, at their own announcements, the other candidates didn’t know to check out the air conditioner or the room size and “they sweated like dogs”—proof positive, evidently, that they were hapless idiots with no idea how to get even the simplest thing done Seemingly, these shortcomings gave him permission to leap to a spectacular conclusion: “How are they going to beat ISIS?” he said “I don’t think it’s going to happen.” It was vintage Trump What mattered wasn’t whether his opponents were liberal or conservative, prochoice or prolife, or ultimately whether they were Democrats or Republicans What mattered was that he was a winner and everyone else was a loser—in his mind, the only categories that counted Indeed, the entire Trump family history—grandfather Friedrich; father Fred; and now Donald himself —has been one of focusing relentlessly on winning and doing everything possible to come out on top It wasn’t the first time Donald Trump had shown an interest in the Oval Office In 1987, as part of a publicity campaign for his first book, Trump: The Art of the Deal, he took out full-page newspaper ads declaring that the United States needed more backbone in its foreign policy, gave a speech in New Hampshire during primary season, and distributed bumper stickers that said “I ♥ Donald Trump.” In 2000, he made another presidential feint with the sketchy set of policies enumerated in a quickie new book, The America We Deserve; and in 2004, 2008, and 2012 he hinted that a run for the White House might be in the offing But now, after a lifetime of devoting himself to being a winner in the business world, he was ready to run—to use his real-world expertise and no-holds-barred approach on the nation’s behalf “Our country is in serious trouble,” he said at Trump Tower “We don’t have victories anymore.” It was time for America to return to the winner’s circle, and he was the one person with the strength and the skills to make that happen He began immediately by declaring that Mexico was sending drugs, criminals, and rapists across the border Predictably, the ensuing hubbub forced NBC, Univision, and ESPN to cancel their contracts with him—which in turn allowed him to seem a man of heroic proportions, willing to take risks and make sacrifices to get America back on track (In addition, the canceled contracts gave him an out from shows with declining viewerships and opened the door for him to file potentially lucrative lawsuits, a tactic he often employs.) And that was just his first day on the campaign trail The next month, when Senator John McCain said that Trump was firing up all the crazies, Trump shot back that McCain wasn’t a war hero because real heroes don’t get captured After the first Republican debate, during which CNN news anchor Megyn Kelly asked Trump about his record of calling women derogatory names, he said she was overrated and unprofessional, retweeted a post calling her a bimbo, and implied that her poor performance was because she was menstruating Political experts said that he had written off the Hispanic vote; the military vote; and, even though he had a history of hiring women executives at the Trump Organization, the female vote But he was targeting a different audience—the millions of disaffected, alienated, and above all angry Americans who felt their lives were going nowhere and longed for someone to help them get the respect and prosperity they deserved And they heard him With each poll, his ratings increased The nomination that was supposed to be Jeb Bush’s for the asking began to seem like it might be within the grasp of the brash billionaire who told the disenfranchised what they wanted to hear—that they had a legitimate beef and that he could and would take care of it Throughout his career, Trump has been a master builder, a master negotiator, and a master salesman But perhaps what he is most masterful at is finding the leverage point in any situation In his first big project, the transformation of a decrepit midtown Manhattan hotel into the Grand Hyatt in the 1970s, he wangled an unprecedented tax abatement by leveraging the desperation of New York City, then in financial meltdown, to get rid of a highly visible eyesore and to launch a major construction project In the early 1990s, when his own ever-expanding empire was on the ropes, he leveraged the Trump brand to persuade creditors not to foreclose, which would have meant removing his name and the perceived value that went with it, and instead to lower interest rates and work out a repayment schedule In effect, he had made himself too big to fail, a status that allowed him to emerge similarly unscathed from subsequent corporate bankruptcies in 1999, 2004, and 2009 Now he was leveraging the global celebrity he had gained from The Apprentice to roll over the rest of the Republican candidates Whenever any of them criticized him, he tossed out a stinging remark that in ordinary circumstances would have seemed petty but now appeared as further evidence that he would not let anything, including what he sneeringly referred to as “political correctness,” get in the way of his efforts on behalf of his supporters He wasn’t being rude or thoughtless or insensitive; rather, he had elevated himself to a special truth-teller status that permitted him—even required him—to talk that way It was a realm where policy details—exactly how he planned to deal with Russia, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Israel, Egypt, ISIS, terrorism, Mexico, China, Japan, trade policy, border security, illegal immigrants, health care, education, unemployment, climate change, tax reform, and all the other things he said the Obama administration was totally mishandling—were unnecessary and distracting His plan, it seemed, boiled down to little more than Trust me, I can handle it and I’ll take care of it Because he was so wealthy, he insisted, he would not be beholden to donors—which raised the question of whether someone who had made his fortune by using other people’s money would actually pour that fortune into his own campaign For the moment, the calculus seemed to be that he would leverage his fame so that large ad buys would be unnecessary, and after he won the nomination the Republican Party would be obliged to pay The rollout followed the Donald Trump playbook—the manual that had allowed him to become, as it were, the people’s billionaire He was born rich, had become even richer, and lived in a 53-room penthouse crammed with marble and mirrors and gilded furniture and crystal chandeliers, yet he would hold fast to the blunt, uncensored demeanor that allowed him to come across not as some refined upper-class snob—the kiss of death in politics—but as an ordinary guy who tells it like it is and happens to be the biggest winner in the world Whether this would be enough to achieve election to the most powerful job in the world was unclear But at the least, as he saw it, he would be the most stupendous, mind-blowing, and altogether amazing presidential candidate the world had ever seen Gwenda Blair October 2015 I NTRODUCTION Fordham University , 239–241, 247 Forest Park, Queens, 113 Fortune, 139, 441 40 Wall Street/Trump Building, New York City , 460 Foster, Benjamin A., 50 48 Hours (TV program), 14–15 Four Seasons (restaurant), 261–262 Fraser, Duncan Cameron, 89–90 Freeman, Harry , 395–396 Freeman, Harvey I., 339–340, 356, 389, 421 Frentz, Bill, 287, 288 Freund, Elizabetha Trump (great-aunt), 30, 58, 70, 94 Freund, Karl (great-uncle), 70, 94 Frey , Dale, 458 Friedan, Betty , 434 Friedman, Stanley M., 292–294 Fullam, John Patrick, 263–264, 266 Gallegher, Tom, 393 gambling in Atlantic City , 334–355 See also Atlantic City casinos in Seattle, 48 in Yukon Territory , 86, 90–91 garages, 151–152, 225 Garbus, Martin, 405–406 Gas House district, 35 Gates, Frederick Tay lor, 55–56, 67–68, 69, 79–80 Geiger, Fina Farhi, 232–233 Gelb, Peter, 242 General Electric Investment Corporation, 458–459 General Motors Building at Trump International Plaza, New York City , 9–16, 461–462 Genesco, 310–311 Gentleman’s Quarterly, 331 George, Phy llis, 381 Gerosa, Larry , 200, 203, 211, 212 Gillette, 379 Giuliani, Rudolph, 454 Gleidman, Tony , 319, 320, 375, 421, 435, 438 Glendenning, Tom, 431 GM Building, New York City , 9–16, 324, 461–462 Goeglein, Richard, 345 Goldberger, Paul, 303, 324, 372, 435, 440 Golden Nugget, Atlantic City , 344, 349–350, 353–354, 379 Golden Nugget, Las Vegas, 344 Goldin, Harrison, 381 Goldman Sachs, 395 Goldsmith, Jerry , 298 Goodgold, Sally , 272 Goodman, Benny , 174 Gordon, Edward S., 389 Grace, George, 168–169, 170, 174, 184, 185–186 Grace, Thomas G., 147–150, 168–169, 170, 174, 184–185 Grace & Grace, 184–185 Graff, Rhona, 357 Grand Central Terminal, 277, 278, 282, 297, 304 Grand Hy att (Commodore Hotel), New York City , 267, 277–297, 448, 462 closing, 293–294 connection with Hy att, 279, 280–281, 283, 286, 291, 295, 297 design, 278, 295–297, 303–305, 324 final cost, 305 financing, 287–288, 294–295, 296–297, 312–313, 440 previous structure, 277–278 tax abatement, 282–283, 285–293, 297 Gratz, Roberta, 433 Grau, Elizabeth Trump (sister), 158, 225, 230, 301, 454 Graves, Robert, 84 Graves, Samuel, 90 Great Depression, 106, 135–146, 196–197 Great Gatsby, The (Fitzgerald), 366 Great Northern Railway , 57, 62–63, 79 Great Plains, 31 Greenberg, Ace, 394 Greene, Shirley , 231 greenmail, 354, 394 Gregory Apartments, Seat Pleasant, Mary land, 239 Grey , Joel, 434 Griffin, Merv, 393–394, 405, 418–419 Gruzen, Jordan, 270, 271, 273, 274–275, 279, 301, 304 guaranteed (certified) mortgages, 105–109, 127–134 Guccione, Bob, 344 Guggenheim family , 80 Gulf + Western building, New York City , 458–459 Gutman, Dan, 434, 439 Gy psies, 35 Hackett, Buddy , 234 Halberstam, David, 433–434 Hallingby , Mai, 401 Hallingby , Paul, 401 Hammer, Abraham J., 133–134 Hanigan, John, 310–311 Harkavy , Frank, 248 Harlem, 40 Harrah’s, 345–351, 353 Harrah’s Marina, 353 Harriman, W Averell, 140, 204, 213 Harrison, Benjamin, 52 Haskell, Nikki, 359 Hay es, Heather MacIntosh, 228, 230, 231 Healey , Doug, 326 Hearst, William Randolph, 365 Hebb, Paul H., 72, 74, 77–78 Hell’s Kitchen, New York City , 35, 123 Helmsley , Harry , 262, 318 Henry Allen & Co., 62 Heston, Charlton, 383 Hewitt, Henry , Jr., 54–55, 57, 62, 63, 67 Hill, James J., 57, 62, 79 Hillman, Everett “Chief,” 234 Hillman, Richard, 235 Hillman, Stanley , 235 Hillman Houses, Lower East Side, 197–198 Hillside Bank, 111 Hilton, Conrad, 349–350 Hilton Hotel Corporation, 348–349, 352–355 Hixon, Verina, 322 Hoffa, Jimmy , 182 Holiday Inns, 344–353, 416–417, 419 Hollis, Queens, 121–122 Holloway , Benjamin Duke, 171, 178, 183, 287–288 Holly day , Guy Tilghman Orme, 177–178, 180, 181, 182 Holy Roman Empire, 26 HOME (civil rights group), 247 homelessness, 35 Homestead Act (1862), 31 Home Title Guaranty Company , 131, 132, 133 hook time, 207 Hoover, Herbert, 143 Hope, Bob, 383 hot beds, 157 House of Lehrenkrauss, 105–109, 126–134, 135–136, 148, 149, 265–266 Housewreckers Local 95, 314–317 Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), 168, 178, 181 Hoving, Thomas, 213 Hoving, Walter, 313 Hoy t, Colgate, 55, 56, 57, 65, 66, 67 HRH Construction Company , 208, 213 HRH Corporation, 296–297, 310–311, 375 Hughes, Howard, 337, 414 Hunker, Andrew, 77, 78 Hussein, Saddam, 414 Hy att Hotels, 279–283, 291 Hy man, David, 150 Hy man, John, 171 Hy man, William, 131, 133, 148, 150, 158, 159, 169, 173 Iacocca, Lee, 367, 423 Icahn, Carl, 419–420 Ickes, Harold, 139 influenza (1918), 116–117 Ingalls, Glen, 395 Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 179–181 International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, 195 J Lehrenkrauss & Sons, 109 Jahn, Helmut, 370, 373, 450 Jamaica Avenue, Queens, 112–113, 114, 116 Jamaica Estates, Queens, 122, 123, 149, 162, 225–230 Jamaica Hospital, 174, 227 James Madison Club, Brookly n, 126–129, 131, 149, 201–202, 212, 258–259 JC Penney , 377 Johnson, Don, 366 Johnson, Ly ndon B., 255 Johnson, Philip, 450 Johnson, W Tay lor, Jr., 160 Jordan, Anthony , 126 Judd, Orrin Grimmell, 188 junk bonds, 353, 354, 393–394 Justice Department, U.S., 251–252 Kahan, Richard, 436–437, 440–441, 445, 447, 450 Kaiser, Henry , 161 Kallstadt, Germany , 25–31, 70, 94–95, 97–102, 111, 115, 159 Kanegsberg, Henry , 377 Kaszy cki, John, 314 Kazan, Abraham Eli, 194–210, 214–218, 256 Amalgamated Houses, 196–197, 256–257 Co-op City , Bronx, 216–218, 270 Hillman Houses, Lower East Side, 197–198 Starrett City , Brookly n, 249–250, 265, 294 Warbasse Houses, Brookly n, 198–204, 207–208, 209, 212, 216, 256–257, 285 Kean, Tom, 381 Kelley , Frank Vincent, 129, 133 Kelley , Marian, 152, 153 Kennedy , Jacqueline, 323 Kennedy , John Fitzgerald, 205 Kerner Commission, 255, 256 Ketchikan Mining Journal, 92–93 Kew Forest School, Queens, 174, 231–233 Key nes, John May nard, 139 Khashoggi, Adnan, 325, 389–390 Kheel, Theodore, 276–277 King, Don, 379, 381, 466–467 King, Stephen, 385 Kissinger, Henry , 204–205 Klondike mosquito, 89 Klores, Dan, 381 Knauss, Melania, 453–454 Knight, Roy , 247 Koch, Edward I., 292, 293, 305–307, 317, 320, 322, 327, 369, 374–378, 389, 430–431, 433, 436 Kornfeld, Ann Rudovsky , 232 Korshak, Sidney , 349 Koskinen, John Andrew, 256, 263 Kovner, Sarah, 433 Kovner, Victor, 433 Kravis, Henry , 400 Kumagai Gumi, 430 La Follette, Robert, 142 La Guardia, Fiorello, 125, 127 Lambert, Benjamin V., 280–281, 330, 349, 381 landfill, 37–38 Lang, Friedrich, 30 Lapidus, Alan, 209, 316n., 323, 339–342, 357–358 Lapidus, Morris, 208–209, 219, 239, 322–323, 341, 342 Leadville, Colorado, 53 Le Club, New York City , 250–251, 280–281, 298–299, 355 Leerhsen, Charles, 415 Lefkowitz, Louis, 210–211 Lehman, Herbert, 127 Lehrenkrauss, Julius and Julius, 106–109, 126–129, 132–133, 135–136, 148–149, 155, 409–410, 421 Leury , Darrell, 347–348 Levin, Ernest, 84–85, 88, 90–93 Levin, Norman, 435, 436–437, 438 Levine, Arnold J., 179–181 Levine, Ted, 237 Levitt, Bill, 160–161 Levittown, Long Island, 161 Liberace, 325 Liebman, Harold, 209 Lincoln, Abraham, 31, 36 Lincoln Center, New York City , 270 Lincoln West, New York City , 368–369 Lindenbaum, Abraham Maurice (Bunny ), 201–202, 203–204, 210–211, 214, 216, 258–259, 263, 265–268, 274, 309, 453 Lindenbaum, Samuel Harvey (Sandy ), 274, 313, 431, 447 Lindsay , John V., 213, 257, 274, 283, 433–434 Litho City , New York City , 270 lode claims, 61, 73 Longo, Paul, 337–339, 345 Lord, Day , & Lord, 182 Lower East Side, New York City , 33–34, 35, 118, 195–198 Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, 283–286 Luciano, Lucky , 171 Ludwig, Daniel, 417 Luna Park, Brookly n, 199, 202, 210 Lusitania, 115 Macdonald, John A., 92 MacIntosh, Bernice, 230–231 Macri, Francisco, 368–371, 431, 433–435, 442, 449–450 Maheu, Robert, 337 Mailer, Norman, 381 Manhattan, inc., 436 Manhattan Plaza, New York City , 289 Manufacturers Hanover Trust, 295, 350, 406–412 Maples, Marla Ann, 385–387, 398, 399–402, 420, 424, 441, 447–448, 464–466 Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida, 364–367, 389, 429, 467–469 Marble Collegiate Church, New York City , 300–302, 453–455 Marine Midland, 422–423, 426 Marino, Ron, 305–306 Marjorie Meriweather Post Foundation, 365 Marrin, Rich, 240 Marshall, George C., 173 Martin, Donald, 197 Martin, Patrick, 90, 91–92 Mason, Christopher, 11–12, 359 Mason, Jackie, 381 Masy r, Jesse, 318 Maxwell’s Plum, New York City , 298, 300 MCA, 398 McCabe, James, 35, 36 McCarthy , Joseph, 250–251 McCooey , John Henry , 125–126, 128–129, 133 McCrary , Tex, 172 McDermott, Charles J., 108 McDonald, Stewart, 145, 153 McKenna, Bill, 182–189, 192 Medallion Hotel, New York City , 112 Melton, Carol, 157 Merman, Ethel, 225 Merrill, Robert, 174 Merrill Ly nch, 394 Messinger, Ruth, 435, 442, 443 Metropolitan Museum of Art, 315–316 Miesmer, Charlie, 461 Milken, Mike, 344 Milton Bradley , 13–15 Minuit, Peter, 38 Mitchell, John Newton, 205–206, 257, 285 Mitchell-Lama housing, 256–257 MLC Center, Sy dney , Australia, 321 Mob, the, 171–172, 335, 343, 363, 417 Mobil Oil, 377 Moelis, Ken, 419 Monohan, Edward, 72, 74, 77–78 Monopoly (game), 14, 335 Monroe, Marily n, 385 Monte Cristo, Washington, 53–71 discovery of galena in, 53–54, 56 F Trump’s boardinghouse, 60–61, 63–66, 68–70, 79 financing of mining in, 54–58, 63, 66–69 railroad to, 54–55, 57, 62–63, 64–65, 67, 79 John D Rockefeller and, 55–57, 63, 66–69, 79–80 Monte Cristo Gulch, 77–78 Monte Cristo Mining Company , 57–71, 80 Monte Cristo Mountaineer, 64 moral hazard, 409 Morgan, J P., 45–46 Morgenthau, Henry , Jr., 139 Morris, Eugene, 251 Morrisania, Bronx, 96–97 Morris Lapidus, Kornbluth, Harle & Liebman, 208–209 Mortgage Bankers Association of American (MBA), 177 mortgage banking, 146, 177 mortgage certificates, 105–109, 127–134 mortgage insurance, 141, 144–146, 156–161, 170, 172, 175–193 mortgaging out, 179–182, 184, 192 Moses, Robert, 197–198, 200–201, 203–204, 216–217, 239–240, 271, 376, 434 Moy ers, Bill, 433–434 multifamily rental housing, 156–161 Mumford, Lewis, 198 Municipal Arts Society , 297, 436, 437, 439–440, 447 Museum of Modern Art Tower, 323 Naclerio, Alex, 170, 187 Nadler, Jerrold, 442, 450–451 Napoleon, 27, 31 Napoleonic Wars, 24 Nast, Thomas, 125 National Bank of Troy , 131 National Emergency Council, 139–140 National Football League (NFL), 332–333, 349, 350 National Housing Act (1934), 141, 156 National Housing Agency , 167 NBC, 373–374, 377–379, 430 necessary current cost, 163 Nelson, Lord, 182 New Deal, 135–146 Newhouse, Si, 380–381 New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE), 335, 338, 342–343, 415, 417 New Jersey Generals (football team), 332–333, 348, 350 Newman, Arnold, 433–434 Newsday, 444 Newsweek, 379 New World Development, 449 New York Central, 261 New York City consolidation of (1898), 96, 106 fiscal crisis, 256–257, 283, 292–293 Germans in, 33–34, 40, 117 in late 1800s, 32–40 machine politics, 125–127 real estate boom, 363 New York City Corporation Counsel, 214, 310 New York City Housing Authority , 202 New York Coliseum, 274 New York Daily News, 12, 329 New Yorker, The, 462 New York Evening Post, 154 New York Herald Tribune, 157, 169 New York Journal, 75 New York magazine, 330 New York Military Academy (NYMA), 235–239, 246 New York Post, 12, 372, 421, 433 New York State Division of Housing, 214 New York State Housing Finance Agency (HFA), 205–207 New York Sun, 69, 128 New York Times, 147, 176, 255–256, 261, 269, 276–277, 281, 298, 302, 303, 315, 321, 323, 324, 328, 329, 339, 372, 381, 382, 391, 435, 436, 440, 449–450, 451, 453, 455, 459, 465 New York Times Sunday Magazine, 331 New York Tribune, 33, 96 Nielsen, Aksel, 177–178 Nixon, Richard, 205, 272, 438 Nobles, Bruce, 395–396, 402 Norfolk, Virginia, 156–161 Northern Pacific Railroad, 31, 43, 44–48, 55, 59, 63, 78, 79 Northwest Airlines, 12–13 North West Mounted Police, 82–83, 86–87 Norville, Craig, 250 Oakdale Homes, Norfolk, Virginia, 156, 157–158, 159–161 Office of Economic Development, 282–283, 292 Office of Production Management (OPM), 155–156 Olmstead, Frederick Law, 376 Oly mpic Tower, New York City , 298, 308–310, 311, 317, 322–325, 340, 341 O’Malley , Charles A., 147, 148 Onassis, Aristotle, 308–309, 323 Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy , 323, 341, 436 Organized Crime Task Force, 171 Ostroff, Harold, 197 Pacific Railroad and Telegraph Act (1862), 44 Palm Beach, Florida, 364–368 Palmer, Archibald, 108–109, 127, 128, 134 Palmieri, Victor Henry , 255–256, 259–260, 269, 306, 307, 310 Palmieri Company , 271, 288–289 Pan Am Shuttle, 396 panic of 1890, 62 Parillo, Anthony , 354 patent claims, 66 Peabody , Frank, 54 Peacock, George, 311–312, 326 Peale, Norman Vincent, 227, 301–302, 343, 453 Pearce, Henry , 286–287, 294 Pearl Harbor, 156, 157–158 Pearsall, Joe, 53–54, 63 Peck, Gregory , 383 Pei, I M., 306 Penn Central Railroad, 269–277 bankruptcy of, 252–266 Commodore Hotel/Grand Hy att, 277–297 formation of, 252 Six Flags, 255–256 60th Street y ards, 261, 270–274, 307, 368–374, 377–379, 427–428, 430–452 34th Street y ards, 260–261, 270, 274–277, 305–307 Pennell, John, 43 Pennsy lvania Railroad, 46, 111–112 Penthouse, 344 People, 331 Perkins, Frances, 140 Perlman, Alfred Edward, 252–253 Peters, Roberta, 174 Petty , George, 367 Pfalz (Palatinate), 25–31, 101 Phelps, Willard, 92 Philadelphia grid sy stem, 114–115 Pierce, Mark, 77 Pizza Hut, 461 placer claims, 60–61, 65–66, 68–69, 72–74 Playboy, 385, 401 Plaza Hotel, New York City , 390–391, 392, 401, 448 poison pill, 353 Poitier, Sidney , 383 Polay es, Madeleine, 442, 444 Polish Brigades, 314–317 Portland (steamer), 73–75 Portman, John, 280 Post, Marjorie Merriweather, 364–365, 468 Powell, Cly de L., 169, 186–188 Prime Time Live (TV program), 443–444 Pritzker, Jay , 279, 280–281, 286, 295, 297, 401 prostitution in Atlantic City , 334 in Monte Cristo, 64 in New York City , 35, 277 in Seattle, 41, 43, 48–50, 51 in Yukon Territory , 86–87, 90–91, 92 Prudent Real Estate Investment Trust, 248–249 public housing, 166–167 public parks, 313 Queensboro Bridge, 111–112 R L Polk & Co., 66 Raichle, Jacob, 40 “railroad” apartments, 34 railroads and Monte Cristo mining, 54–55, 57, 62–63, 64–65, 67 in western expansion, 31, 43–48 in Yukon Territory , 87, 90 See also Penn Central Railroad Random House, 380–381 Rather, Dan, 14–15 Raufer, Ceil, 121–122 Rautbord, Sugar, 358 Ravitch, Richard, 266, 289–290 Reagan, Ronald, 383, 408 reasonable replacement cost, 163 recreation rooms, 152 Redevelopment Builders of New York, 185 Redevelopment Companies Law, 199–200, 206 Redford, Robert, 329 Regional Plan Association, 447 Reiss, Charlie, 429, 440 relationship banking, 312–313 rent regulation, 317–318, 328–329 Resorts, Inc., 335–338, 344, 346, 351–352 Resorts International, Inc., 388, 392–394 revenue bonds, 205–207, 285 Revolutionary War, 27 Richards, Franklin D., 179–180 Richmond Hill High, Queens, 117, 234 Riefler, Winfield, 140–142, 145–146 Riggio, Leonard, 381 Riklis, Meshulam, 308 Rivers, Joan, 381, 453 Riverside South, New York City , 441–452 Rizzuto, Phil, 173 Robinson, Steve, 434 Rockefeller, John D., Jr., 364, 383 Rockefeller, John D., Sr., 55–57, 58, 63, 66–69, 79–80 Rockefeller, Nelson Aldrich, 204–205, 256–257, 267 Rockefeller Center, New York City , 308, 371, 373–374, 377–378, 430 Roffman, Marvin B., 404–405 Roosevelt, Franklin D., 126–127, 136, 137, 139, 140, 141, 145, 155, 163 Roosevelt, Teddy , 115 Rosan, Richard, 292 Rosati, James, Jr., 158, 160 Rosati, James, Sr., 157–158, 159–160 Rose, Mike, 345–346, 351 Rosen, Steve, 348, 351 Ross, Wilbur, 418–419 Rossner, Judith, 433–434 Roth, Emery , 461 Rothschild, Inc., 418–419 Rubell, Steven, 381 Rubenstein, Howard Joseph, 273–274, 276–277, 331, 381, 421, 426–427 Rudebeck, Nicholas, 61, 65, 66 Rudin, Lew, 283 S Moritz Hotel, New York City , 385–386, 395–396 St Paul and Tacoma Lumber Company , 54–55 Salish Indians, 42 Samton, Peter, 270, 279 Samuels, Howard, 268 San Diego Chargers, 349 Sauerbrun, Elora Gordon, 148 Saunders, Stuart T., 252–253, 411 savings & loans (S&Ls), 407–408 Sawy er, Diane, 402 Scadron, Mike, 296, 297–298 Scheffer, Ethel, 442–443 Schrager, Gerald N (Jerry ), 293–295, 309, 311, 331, 339–340, 368, 377, 389, 391, 395–396, 398, 421, 422 Schrager, Ian, 381 Schroeder, Friedrich Ludwig, 100 Schuster, Emma Katherine, 39–40 Schuster, Friedrich/Fred (great-uncle), 24–25, 31–40, 96, 97, 110–111, 116 Schuster, George, 37, 97, 111 Schuster, Katherine Trump (great-aunt), 24–25, 29–30, 31–40, 58–59, 96, 110–111, 115, 122–123 Schuster, Louisa, 40 Schuster, Louise Trump (great-aunt), 29–30, 37–38, 39, 78, 80, 97, 111, 113–114, 122–123 Schuster, William, 37, 97 Schwartz, Allen, 369 Schwartz, Ly nn Sharon, 152 Schwartz, Tony , 380 Sciarra, David, 352 Scutt, Der, 278–279, 280, 282, 297, 310, 313–314, 316, 324, 403 Sears Tower, Chicago, 371 Seattle, Washington and elections of 1892, 51–52 and Klondike gold rush, 72–78 in late 1800s, 41–43, 47–52, 62 railroads and, 43–48 Seattle Argus, 76 Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 73, 75, 76 Seattle Press-Times, 52, 62 Seattle Times, 76 secondary mortgage market, 146 second mortgages, 114, 141 Securities and Exchange Commission, 346 Seelig & Finkelstein, 168, 169 Senate Banking and Currency Committee investigation, 175–193, 198–199 Seneca Club, Brookly n, 129 Serota, Vivian, 355 Shaffer, Jack, 387, 430, 466–467 Sherman Silver Purchase Act (1893), 64 Shore Haven, Brookly n, 168–169, 170, 180, 188, 200, 207, 257 Shostal, Claude, 447 Sills, Beverly , 366 Silverman, Leo, 213–214, 216 Simon, Arlene, 433 Simon, Bruce, 433, 437 Simon, William, 189–191 Sinatra, Frank, 325, 338 60 Minutes (TV program), 370, 386 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 274, 323, 341 slum clearance, 197–198 Smith, Alfred E., 126, 127, 196 Smith, David, 238 Smith, Joseph G., 51 Smith, Liz, 381, 401 Solomon, Peter J., 306–307 South Bronx, 96–97, 110 Spanish influenza (1918), 116–117 Spey er, 99–102 Spielberg, Steven, 325 Spinks, Michael, 379 Spivack, Edith, 320 Spock, Benjamin, 225 Sprague, Blanche, 356, 357, 358, 361, 382, 383, 391, 398, 400–401, 421 SS Eider, 23–24, 32 SS Pennsylvania, 110 Standard Oil, 55, 204, 364 Stark, Abe, 212 Starrett City , Brookly n, 249–250, 265, 294 State Department of Insurance, 131 State Investigation Commission (SIC), 213–216, 244–245 Stauch, Laurence, 95 Steeplechase Park site, Brookly n, 211–213, 218–220, 245, 273 Stein, Andrew, 306, 317–319, 322, 381 Steinberg, Saul, 400 Steinbrenner, George, 366 Steinglass, Ralph, 296, 301 Stengel, Casey , 306 Stephenson, Conrad, 312–313, 365, 368–369 Stern, Henry , 289–290, 292, 294, 376 Sternleib, George, 327–328 Stevens, Susan, 424 Stitt, Theodore, 108, 128–129, 131–132, 134 stock market crash of 1929, 123–124 Stone, Edward Durell, 461 Strum, Brian, 333–334 Studio 54, 381 Sturges, Bob, 342–343 Sturz, Herb, 370, 372–373 Sunshine, Louise Mintz, 268–270, 273, 275, 289, 292–294, 297, 319, 324, 342, 358, 424, 453 Surviving at the Top (Trump), 415 Sutherland, Kenny , 170 Swid, Stephen, 437–438, 439–440 Swifton Village, Cincinnati, Ohio, 246–249, 380 sy ndication, 408–409 Sy rovatka, George, 299 Szabo, John, 314n Tacoma Star, 52 Taft, Robert, 166 Taj Mahal, Atlantic City , 388–389, 392–394, 402–406, 413, 421, 462 Talbot Park, Norfolk, Virginia, 161, 162 Tammany Hall, New York, 125, 126–127 tax abatements, 199–204 Commodore Hotel/Grand Hy att, 282–283, 285–293, 297 Oly mpic Tower, 309–310, 317 section 421a, 309–310, 316–317, 319–320, 321, 327–328, 449 Trump Plaza, 327–328 Trump Tower, 316–317, 319–320, 321 Trump Village, 285 Warbasse Houses, Brookly n, 198–202, 285 Teamsters Local 282, 321–322 telesy nergy , 379 television, 225 Television City , New York City , 368–374, 377–379, 387–388, 389, 430–431, 433, 437 tenant-cooperators, 196, 198–204 third mortgages, 141 Thirty Years’ War, 26 Tiegs, Chery l, 381 Tiffany ’s, 310, 311, 313 Time magazine, 457 Title I (slum clearance program), 198–201 Tollemache, Stratford, 89 Tomasello, James, 171–172 Torrell, John, 350 Tosti, Matthew, 173, 188 Tour de Trump (bicy cle race), 398 Town & Country, 331, 365, 366 Townsend, Alair, 374 Trader Vic’s (restaurant), 318 Traub, Abraham, 186, 187, 202, 312 Triangle Placer Claim, 60–61, 65–66, 68–69 Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority , 306 Trinity Church, 33 Trudeau, Gary , 382 Truman, Harry , 163, 165, 167, 181 Trump, Barbara (great-aunt), 30, 58 Trump, Donald, 223–469 awards American Image Award, 331 Honor Award, 291–292 Time magazine Man of the Year award, 457 birth, 164, 223 children Donald, Jr., 301n., 326, 359, 463–464 Eric, 359, 464 Ivanka, 359, 464, 468 Tiffany Ariana, 464 compared to father and grandfather, 456–457 competitive nature, 286, 360–361, 387, 399–400 deals and projects Alexander’s stock purchase, 367–368, 379–380, 397, 448 Art of the Deal, The, 13–14, 227, 238, 242, 333, 380–382, 389, 414–415 Atlantic City casinos, 337–355, 362–363 Bally ’s stock purchase, 353–355 Beverly Hills Hotel offer, 367 Empire State Building stake, 459–460 40 Wall Street/Trump Building, New York City , 460 General Motors Building at Trump International Plaza, New York City , 461–462 Grand Hy att/Commodore Hotel, New York City , 267, 277–297, 303–305, 312–313, 324, 440 Gulf + Western building, New York City , 458–459 Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida, 364–367, 389, 429, 467–469 New Jersey Generals (football team), 332–333, 348, 350 Penn Central Railroad y ards, New York City , 252–266, 269–277, 368–374, 377–379, 427–428, 430–452 Plaza Hotel, New York City , 390–391, 392, 401, 448 Riverside South, New York City , 441–452 S Moritz Hotel, New York City , 385–386, 395–396 sale of Swifton Village, Cincinnati, Ohio, 247–248, 380 Taj Mahal, Atlantic City , 388–389, 392–394, 402–406, 413, 421, 462 Television City (proposed), New York City , 368–374, 377–379, 387–388, 389, 430–431, 433, 437 Trump: The Game, 9–16, 382, 406 Trump Castle/Marina, Atlantic City , 351–355, 361, 387, 391–392, 406, 409, 413, 421, 422, 428–429, 438, 439–440, 443, 462 Trump City , New York City , 169, 170, 431–432, 435–441 Trump Hotels and Casinos Resorts (THCR) public offering, 462–463 Trump Palace, New York City , 398 Trump Parc, New York City , 328–329 Trump Place, New York City , 455 Trump Plaza, Atlantic City , 338–353, 379, 391, 406, 421, 448, 462 Trump Plaza, New York City , 327–328, 358 Trump Plaza of the Palm Beaches, 367, 387–388, 422–425, 426–427, 438 Trump Princess (y acht), 389–390, 428, 429 Trump Shuttle, 12–13, 17, 394–399, 402, 406 Trump Tower, New York City , 14, 307–320, 321–329, 383, 403, 448 Trump World Tower, New York City , 460–461 Wollman Memorial Rink, 374–377, 441 death of father, 453–455 discrimination charges, 247, 251–252, 343 education Carousel Pre-School, 231 Fordham University , 239–241, 247 Kew Forest, 231–233 New York Military Academy (NYMA), 235–239, 246 Wharton Business School, 241–242, 248, 253 family , 301n., 326, 359, 463–466 FBI probes, 314n., 338, 343 financial difficulties Alexander’s stake, 448 auctions, 422–425 bank bailout, 405–412, 417, 435 casino bondholders and, 418–422, 428–429, 438, 439–440, 443, 462 Casino Control Commission hearings, 413–418, 428–429 Grand Hy att/Commodore Hotel, 448, 462 Mar-a-Lago, 429 monthly allowance, 412 New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement report, 415, 417 Plaza Hotel, 448 prepackages and, 421–422 Trump Princess (y acht) and, 428, 429 Trump Tower, 448 truthful hy perbole and, 416 West Side rail y ards and, 427–428, 430–452 homes on Connecticut shore, 331 800 Fifth Avenue, 302 Oly mpic Tower apartment, 298, 308 penthouse on East 65th Street, 278–279, 297–298 studio on Upper East Side, 250 Trump Tower, 250, 325–326, 420 learns father’s business, 238–239, 246–252 and Le Club, 250–251, 280–281 marriages Marla Maples, 464–466 Ivana Zelnicekova Winklmay r, 298–303, 399–402 mass media and, 12, 14–15, 273–274, 276–277, 297, 298, 328–329, 330–331, 333, 351, 368, 370, 372, 375, 379–381, 465 nickname, “The Donald,” 302 Pizza Hut advertisements, 461 political ties, 257, 259, 267–277, 289–290, 292–293, 317–320, 369, 374, 446–447 as president of the Trump Organization, 251–252 relationships with women, 286, 298, 357–361, 385–386, 387, 453–454, 464–466 self-promotion, 9–16, 382, 406, 455–456, 457–463 work sty le, 303, 355–361, 386, 397–399, 420, 466–469 Trump, Donald, Jr (son), 301n., 326, 359, 463–464 Trump, Elizabeth (aunt) See Walter, Elizabeth Trump (aunt) Trump, Elizabeth (sister) See Grau, Elizabeth Trump (sister) Trump, Elizabetha (great-aunt) See Freund, Elizabetha Trump (great-aunt) Trump, Elizabetha Boeringer (great-aunt), 58 Trump, Elizabeth Christ (grandmother) and family real estate business, 119, 120–122, 148 marries Friedrich Trump, 95 meets Friedrich Trump, 94–95 in Morrisania, Bronx, 96–97 moves to U.S., 95–96, 109–110 relationship with son and family , 174, 199, 228 return to Kallstadt, 97–102 in Woodstock, Bronx, 110 Trump, Eric (son), 359, 464 Trump, Fred, Jr (brother), 158, 198, 225, 228, 234–235, 241, 300 children, 245, 454 death, 320–321, 454 and family business, 242–245 Trump, Frederick C (father), 102, 105–220 and the Banking and Currency Committee, 175–177, 184, 187–193 birth, 110 and Brookly n Home Builders Association, 153–154 as carpenter, 120 construction knowledge of, 119–122, 150–152, 154, 160, 171, 191–193, 207–210, 215 deals and projects auctions of property , 425–427 Bath Beach, Brookly n, 165–166 Beach Haven, Brookly n, 169–173, 178, 180, 188, 189–191, 198–199, 200, 207, 248, 287–288 Bensonhurst, Brookly n, 156, 162, 164–165 Brighton Beach, Brookly n, 154–155 East Flatbush, Brookly n, 147–154, 225 Gregory Apartments, Seat Pleasant, Mary land, 239 Hollis, Queens, 121–122 Jamaica Estates, Queens, 122, 123, 149, 162, 229–230 Lehrenkrauss bankruptcy , 105–109, 126–134, 135–136, 148, 149, 265–266 Luna Park, Brookly n, 199, 202, 210 Oakdale Homes, Norfolk, Virginia, 156, 157–158, 159–161 Shore Haven, Brookly n, 168–169, 170, 180, 188, 200, 207, 257 Starrett City , Brookly n minority stake, 249–250, 265, 294 Steeplechase Park site, Brookly n, 211–213, 218–220, 245, 273 Swifton Village, Cincinnati, Ohio, 246–249, 380 Talbot Park, Norfolk, Virginia, 161, 162 Trump homes, Brookly n, 147–156 Trump Village, Brookly n, 204, 206–210, 211, 212, 213–216, 239, 256–257, 285, 322–323 University Towers, Brookly n, 199 death, 453–455 death of father, 116–117, 118–119 defense housing, World War II, 156–161 and Donald’s projects, 334 Atlantic City casinos, 340–341 Commodore/Grande Hy att, 295, 296, 303, 305, 327 Riverside South, 441–442 Television City , 369 Trump: The Game, 15–16 Trump Castle, 428–429, 438, 439–440 Trump Tower, 322, 326–327 early employ ment, 119–120 estate value, 118–119, 453 family in Jamaica Estates, Queens, 162, 225–230 marriage to Mary Anne MacLeod, 147–148 real estate business, 119, 120–122 in Virginia Beach, Virginia, 158–159 FHA-guaranteed projects, 147–174, 246–249 food market in Queens, 123–124, 129–130, 135–136, 139 funeral, 453–455 mass media and, 154–155, 172–173, 219–220, 331 and the Mob, 171–172 philanthropic involvement, 174, 251 political ties, 173–174, 201, 210–211, 212–213, 369 State Investigation Commission (SIC) and, 213–216, 244–245 Donald Trump compared to, 456–457 and Veterans Emergency Housing Program (VEHP) price controls, 163–166 work sty le, 226–227 Trump, Fred III (nephew), 454 Trump, Friedrich/Frederick (grandfather), 16, 23–102 as barber, 25, 30, 34–35, 37, 40, 110–111 birth, 28 death, 116–117, 118–119 death of father, 28–29 education, 117, 119–120 in Germany family background, 25–31 as German draft dodger, 98–102, 111 immigration to the U.S., 23–25, 30–34 marries Elizabeth Christ, 94–95 return to Kallstadt, 97–102 in New York City Bronx, 96–97, 110 early y ears, 33–40 at Medallion Hotel, 112 return to U.S., 109–110 Woodhaven, Queens, 109, 111–118 World War I, 115–116 Donald Trump compared to, 456 in Washington boardinghouse in Monte Cristo, 60–61, 63–66, 68–70, 70, 74 Dairy Restaurant, Seattle, 41, 49–50, 51, 57, 58, 59, 64 justice of the peace, 71 Pine Lake Plateau property , 59, 79 placer claims, 60–61, 65–66, 68–69 Seattle, 41, 46–52, 77–78 second restaurant in Seattle, 77, 78–80 voter registration and, 51–52 in Yukon Territory , 81–93 Arctic Restaurant, White Horse, 87–93 New Arctic Restaurant and Hotel, Bennett, 85–87 placer claims, 72–74, 77–78 tent restaurant, 84–85 Trump, Ivana Zelnicekova Winklmay r (wife) competitive nature, 358–361, 399–400 conflict with Fred Trump, 303 divorces Donald Trump, 399–402, 429, 461 and Mar-a-Lago, 365, 366 marries Donald Trump, 300–302 meets Donald Trump, 298–300 participation in Donald’s business, 302–304, 323–324, 338, 361, 367–368, 386–387 Trump, Ivanka (daughter), 359, 464, 468 Trump, Jakob (great-uncle), 29–30, 58 Trump, Johannes (great-grandfather), 27–29 Trump, John George (uncle), 110, 113, 119, 120, 121–122, 148, 159, 226, 464 Trump, John Philip (winegrower), 26 Trump, Katherina Kober (great-grandmother), 29–31, 58–59, 95, 100, 111, 123 Trump, Katherine (great-aunt) See Schuster, Katherine Trump (great-aunt) Trump, Linda Clapp (sister-in-law), 245 Trump, Louise (great-aunt) See Schuster, Louise Trump (great-aunt) Trump, Mary anne (sister) See Barry , Mary anne Trump (sister) Trump, Mary Anne MacLeod (mother) death of husband, 453–454 marries Frederick C Trump, 147–148 personal characteristics, 227–229, 301 Trump, Robert (brother), 226–227, 229, 230, 231, 300, 319 on Alexander’s board, 367–368 and Atlantic City casinos, 340, 342, 351, 404–405 death of father, 454 education, 340 financial difficulties and, 428 Trump: The Game, 9–16, 382, 406 Trump, Tiffany Ariana (daughter), 464 Trumpbour, Ginny Droesch, 243 Trump Building/40 Wall Street, New York City , 460 Trump Card, The (television quiz show), 398 Trump Castle/Marina, Atlantic City , 351–355, 361, 387, 391–392, 406, 409, 413, 421, 422, 428–429, 438, 439–440, 443, 462 Trump City , New York City , 169, 170, 431–432, 435–441 Trump Holding Company , 147 Trump Hotels and Casinos Resorts (THCR) public offering, 462–463 Trump Management Corporation, 369 Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer (CFO) requirement, 411–412, 416–417 death of Frederick C Trump, 453 Justice Department civil-rights inquiries, 251–252 naming of, 250 and Penn Central Railroad y ards, 252–266 Trump Palace, New York City , 398 Trump Parc, New York City , 328–329 Trump Place, New York City , 455 Trump Plaza, Atlantic City , 338–353, 391, 406, 421, 462 boxing matches and, 379 design, 339–342 end of partnership with Holiday Inns, 351–353 financing, 343–344, 350–351, 448 partnership with Holiday Inns, 344–351 property acquisition, 338–340 Trump Plaza, New York City , 327–328, 358 Trump Plaza of the Palm Beaches, 367, 387–388 auction, 422–425, 438 foreclosure, 426–427 Trump Princess (y acht), 389–390, 428, 429 Trump Shuttle, 12–13, 17, 394–399, 402, 406 Trump Tower, New York City , 14, 307–320, 321–329, 383, 403, 448 apartment prices, 323, 325 design, 313–314, 321–322, 323–327 financing, 312–313 as home of Donald Trump, 250, 325–326, 420 partnership with Equitable, 311–312, 319, 321–326 property acquisition, 311–312 site preparation/demolition, 314–317 tax abatement, 316–317, 319–320, 321 topping-off celebration, 322 Trump Village, Brookly n, 204, 206–210, 211, 212, 213–216, 239, 256–257, 285, 322–323 Trump World Tower, New York City , 460–461 Tudor City , 318 Tugwell, Rexford Guy , 139, 140 Turner, Ted, 382, 406 Tweed, William Marcy , 125 ‘21’ Club (restaurant), 202, 262, 281, 284, 297, 300, 330, 437–438, 467 Ty son, Mike, 401, 447 underwater zoning, 431 Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP), 371, 373, 431, 432, 445 Union Pacific Railroad, 44 Union Terrace, Queens, 112–113 United Housing Foundation (UHF), 198–204, 216–218, 270 United Press International, 12 United States Football League (USFL), 332–333, 350 U.S Land Office, 61 U.S Open, 467 UNIVAC, 223–224 Universal Pictures, 398 University Towers, Brookly n, 199 Urban Development Corporation (UDC), 256–257, 285, 289, 290, 291–292, 297, 306, 373, 436, 440 Urban League, 252 Urstadt, Charles, 276 Van de Graaff, Robert J., 159 Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 24, 36, 277 Vanderbilt, Mrs William, 36 Vanity Fair, 358 Verdon, Gwen, 434 Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, 239–240, 320–321 Veterans Emergency Housing Program (VEHP) price controls, 163–166 Victorian Colonist, 86 Vietnam War, 241, 256, 408 Village Voice, 329 Villard, Henry , 45 Virginia Beach, Virginia, 158–159 Voeller, Carl Louis, 114 von Dehn, Hy att, 279 von Heinigen, Jan, 226 WABC-TV, 12, 433 Wagner, Robert, 166, 200, 202, 203–204, 210, 211, 212, 267–268 Waldenbooks, 381 Waldorf-Astoria, 295 Walker, Jeffrey , 296, 298, 346–347, 355–357, 361, 390, 421 Wallace, Henry , 139, 140 Wallace, Mike, 370 Wall Street Journal, 381, 404–406, 416–418, 421–422 Walsh, Al, 206 Walter, Elizabeth Trump (aunt), 97, 113, 119, 122, 148, 226 Walter, William (uncle), 122, 148, 189–190, 226 Walters, Barbara, 381 Warbasse, James Peter, 198, 200 Warbasse Houses, Brookly n, 198–204, 207–208, 209, 212, 216, 256–257, 285 Washington Post, 381 Water Tower Place, Chicago, 321 Waterside, New York City , 289 Weingrow, Howard, 337, 338 Westpride, 433–442, 447, 450–451 Wetterau, Johann, 34 Wharton Business School, 241–242, 248, 253 Whelan, Jim, 335–336 White Horse Star, 90–91 White Horse Tribune, 88 White Pass & Yukon Railroad (WP&YR), 87, 90 Wilhelm II, Kaiser, 98, 100, 101 Wilhelm I of Prussia, 28 Willen, Paul, 271, 304, 374, 434–435, 439 Wilmans, Fred, 54 Wilmans, Mac, 54 Wilson, Woodrow, 115 windfall profits, 179, 191, 214, 216 Winged Foot (golf club), 262 Winklmay r, Alfred, 299 Wisconsin Central Railroad, 46 Wolf, Phil, 310–311 Wollman, Kate, 374 Wollman Memorial Rink, 374–377, 441 Wood, Mrs Zachary Tay lor, 87, 89 Wood, Zachary Tay lor, 91 Woodhaven, Queens, 109, 111–118 Woodstock, Bronx, 110 World Trade Center, 276 World War I, 106–107, 115–116, 140–141, 195 World War II, 155–161 Wright, Charles Jefferson, 235 Wright, Jim, 382 Wy att, Wilson Watkins, 163–165, 167 Wy nn, Stephen A., 344, 349–350, 354, 379 Yarrow, Peter, 434 Young, Sidney , 201, 218 Yukon Territory Bennett, 85–87 Chilkoot Pass, 83 Dawson, 81, 87 Dy ea, 82, 86 Klondike gold rush in, 72–93 Lake Bennett, 81–82, 85, 87–88 North West Mounted Police, 82–83, 86–87 Skagway , 82, 86, 87, 90 Friedrich Trump in, 81–93 White Horse, 81, 87–93 White Pass, 83–84 Yukon River, 81–82 Zimmerman, Gustav, 112 Zuccotti, John, 259, 271, 272, 275, 283, 284, 292 PHOTO CREDITS 1, 13: © Tonice Sgrignoli 2–4: Courtesy of Christian Freund 5: Special Collections Division, University of Washington Libraries  6: Provincial 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States—Biography Real estate developers—United States—Biography I Title HC102.5.T78 B53 2000 333.33'092'273—dc21 [B]            00-041931 ISBN 0-684-80849-8 ISBN-13 978-1-5011-3936-9 (eBook) 0-7432-1079-4 (PBK) Table of Contents Cover Dedication Preface Introduction The Founder: Friedrich Trump Chapter 1: The New World Chapter 2: Seattle Days and Nights Chapter 3: Tales of Monte Cristo Chapter 4: Mining the Miners Chapter 5: Klondike Fever Chapter 6: Here to Stay The Builder: Fred Trump Chapter 7: Born to Work Chapter 8: Savvy in a Brooklyn Courtroom Chapter 9: Washington to the Rescue Chapter 10: Home Building’s Henry Ford Chapter 11: Putting a Roof over GI Joe’s Head Chapter 12: The Perils of Success Chapter 13: Clashing Visions The Star: Donald Trump Chapter 14: Born to Compete Chapter 15: Manhattan Bound Chapter 16: From Brick Box to Glass Fantasy Chapter 17: The Twenty-Eight-Sided Building Chapter 18: Gambling on Atlantic City Chapter 19: The Tallest Building in the World Chapter 20: Spinning out of Control Chapter 21: Pulling Back from the Brink Chapter 22: Trump™ Photographs Acknowledgments About the Author Notes Bibliography Index Photo Credits Copyright ... for the asking began to seem like it might be within the grasp of the brash billionaire who told the disenfranchised what they wanted to hear that they had a legitimate beef and that he could and... little land, like the Trumps, this practice meant that children inherited uselessly small pieces of land In the United States, on the other hand, the Homestead Act, passed in 1862, ensured that anyone—anyone!—could... barges The blue sky of Indian summer stretched above the vessels as they heaved their way toward an immense circular structure at the southern tip of the island Thick walled and bristling with cannons,