Dennis Scifres

An Appalachian Tale

A Memoir

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Produktbeschreibung

What kinds of trauma must an ambitious kid endure in his journey from a one-stop-light Ohio River town of 1,500 souls in the impoverished Appalachian region of eastern Kentucky to Columbia University in New York City? As Sam Snead proved, you don't have to have money to become an outstanding golfer. What role does golf play in this amazing tale of serendipity? How does this ambitious and curious kid go from New York City to Fort Worth, Texas, become a frustrated real estate lawyer with clients of national renown, then a successful commercial real estate developer and investor himself? Ride with him as he navigates the topsy-turvy storms of the capital intensive roller coaster world of commercial real estate in the wild, wild, west. This memoir is a tale of innocence, curiosity, ambition, dedication, intrigue, vulnerability, adversity, defeat, and triumph - in no particular order, other than chronological; it is a memoir, after all.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sugar Plum Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 563g
• ISBN-13: 9781734159806
• ISBN-10: 1734159804
• Artikelnr.: 58492740

Autorenporträt

Dennis Scifres is a recently retired commercial real estate lawyer and developer. Raised in the hills of Kentucky, Denny Bob, his childhood name, a self-taught golf prodigy, starred on his high school varsity golf team for 5 years, starting in the 8th grade. A graduate of Columbia College in New York City and The University of Texas School of Law in Austin, Texas, his first job as a lawyer was with a boutique law firm in Dallas that was acquired by Jones Day. Dennis retired from this esteemed law firm at age 32 to become a commercial real estate developer and investor. Dennis now lives in Fort Worth, Texas with his wife Sherry, an executive with Bank of America before her retirement. They have 2 children and 4 grandchildren.