Not Your Average Joe
A Biography of Joseph William Hobbs (1891–1963), Whisky Entrepreneur
Seiten
2024
Troubador Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-80514-425-0 (ISBN)
Troubador Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-80514-425-0 (ISBN)
This is the first biography of Joe Hobbs, one of the great characters of the whisky industry. Written with the support and encouragement of Joe’s surviving family members in the UK and Canada and sharing family history and memorabilia not made public before, the book provides a thoroughly researched review of all aspects of Joe’s life.
In an industry littered with great characters and extraordinary personalities, Joe Hobbs stands out as one of the whisky world’s most colourful and interesting entrepreneurs, a man who packed more into each decade of his life than most people manage in a lifetime. Whilst individual episodes and activities of his life are quite well known, his fascinating and wide-ranging full life story has not been told before, despite the fact Joe features in Whisky Magazine’s list of ‘Top 100 Most Influential Whisky Figures’ of all time.
Not Your Average Joe tells the fascinating story of how the son of a bankrupt English farmer rose to be one of the leading figures in the history of the Scotch whisky industry, making two fortunes and losing one along the way. The book explains Joe’s pioneering exploits as one of the first military aviators during WW1; his controversial rum-running activities into the USA during Prohibition in the 1920s; his leading role in designing and building the city of Vancouver’s first skyscraper; his rise as one of the leading Scotch whisky ‘barons’; and his pioneering transformation of a derelict 10,000 acre Scottish Highland estate into the UK’s first cattle ranch during Britain’s ‘battle for beef’ in the lean years after WW2.
In an industry littered with great characters and extraordinary personalities, Joe Hobbs stands out as one of the whisky world’s most colourful and interesting entrepreneurs, a man who packed more into each decade of his life than most people manage in a lifetime. Whilst individual episodes and activities of his life are quite well known, his fascinating and wide-ranging full life story has not been told before, despite the fact Joe features in Whisky Magazine’s list of ‘Top 100 Most Influential Whisky Figures’ of all time.
Not Your Average Joe tells the fascinating story of how the son of a bankrupt English farmer rose to be one of the leading figures in the history of the Scotch whisky industry, making two fortunes and losing one along the way. The book explains Joe’s pioneering exploits as one of the first military aviators during WW1; his controversial rum-running activities into the USA during Prohibition in the 1920s; his leading role in designing and building the city of Vancouver’s first skyscraper; his rise as one of the leading Scotch whisky ‘barons’; and his pioneering transformation of a derelict 10,000 acre Scottish Highland estate into the UK’s first cattle ranch during Britain’s ‘battle for beef’ in the lean years after WW2.
Tim Smith is a passionate ‘whisky nut’ who has always had a great interest in the colourful whisky entrepreneur Joe Hobbs but knew that a proper biography of Joe’s life had yet to be written. In collaboration with Joe’s family, Tim’s detailed research has enabled him to unearth a wealth of previously unseen material about his life and achievements. Now retired from a successful career in the shipping industry Tim lives in Hong Kong.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 30.08.2024 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Market Harborough |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 778 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Wirtschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-80514-425-1 / 1805144251 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-80514-425-0 / 9781805144250 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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