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Author Blakely, Alexander.

Title Siberia bound : chasing the American dream on Russia's wild frontier / Alexander Blakely.

Publication Info. Naperville, Ill. : Sourcebooks, [2002]
©2002

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Location Call No. Status
 Marlborough, Richmond Memorial Library - Adult Department  957 BLAKELY    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  957 BLA    Check Shelf
Description xiv, 320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents 1. Pandora's box of chocolates -- 2. Sweet dreams -- 3. My frozen Utopia -- 4. Beyond the bicycle business -- 5. After hours -- 6. Chopsticks -- 7. Saving labor -- 8. Hospitality -- 9. Promise of America -- 10. Edge of civilization -- 11. Border crossing -- 12. Swiss chocolate and cheese steaks -- 13. Good-bye, America -- 14. Spring in Siberia -- 15. The capitalists -- 16. If you can't beat 'em -- 17. Security matters -- 18. The currency of desperation-- 19. The entrepreneurial spirit -- 20. the road to nowhere -- 21. Trouble ahead -- 22. South of the border -- 23. Selling potatoes to the father of apples -- 24. Moonshine and garlic -- 25. Pulling up roots -- 26. Behind father's wake -- 27. Wounded eternity -- 28. Nightmare -- 29. Cosmetic changes -- 30. Weekend in Germany -- 31. Russian pyramids -- 32. Turn of fortune -- 33. Progress -- 34. Domestic bliss -- 35. The castle -- 36. Siburbia -- 37. Getting away from it all -- 38. The best of times -- 39. Unconditional love -- 40. Bean counters -- 41. The worst of times -- 42. Faith in Siberia -- 43. Success and happiness.
Subject Capitalism -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia.
Blakely, Alexander.
Americans -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia -- Biography.
Businesspeople -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia.
Siberia (Russia) -- Economic conditions.
ISBN 1570719446 alkaline paper
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