Mine's Bigger Tom Perkins and the Making of the Greatest Sailing MachineEver Built - Tapa dura

"Engaging and revealing.brought vividly to life by the adept Kaplan...." -- --Daniel Okrent, Fortune

"Inspired." -- Denver Rocky Mountain News

."..definitely worth the read." -- USA Today

"The man, his ego and his boat are examined with insight and precision."--Forbes

"Inspired."--Denver Rocky Mountain News

"I opened Mr. Kaplan's book with a great deal of interest; I was not disappointed."--Pete Du Pont, former governor of Delaware, The Wall Street Journal

"Perkins' two worlds--high-stakes, big-ego, cutting-edge sailing technology, and high-stakes, big-ego corporate politics--are inextricably linked in MINE'S BIGGER."--New York Post

"Engaging and revealing...brought vividly to life by the adept Kaplan...."----Daniel Okrent, Fortune

."..definitely worth the read."--USA Today

"An exhilarating account of how Tom Perkins...created 'the perfect yacht'...the Maltese Falcon."--American Heritage

A behind-the-scenes account of the construction of the world's largest sailing yacht, the Maltese Falcon, offers a parallel tour of the larger-than-life world of its creator, tracing Silicon Valley venture capitalist Tom Perkins's vision of what would become a $130-million square-rigger that incorporated revolutionary technologies and broke records during its maiden voyage. 35,000 first printing.