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IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
Contact:
Colleen
DeFruscio
Communications
Manager
302-798-6632,
extension
747
Archmere
to
Host
Concert
and
David
Farber
Book
Signing:
Sunday,
May
5
(Claymont,
DE)
April
23,
2013:
On
Sunday,
May
5,
2013
at
4:30
p.m.,
join
us
for
an
afternoon
of
culture
at
The
Patio
at
Archmere
Academy.
A
performance
of
award-winning
vocal
and
instrumental
student
musicians
of
Archmere
Academy
will
round
out
the
2013
Green
Concert
Series
at
3:00
p.m.,
raising
funds
for
restoration
projects
in
The
Patio.
Following
the
concert,
at
4:30
p.m.,
Archmeres
Friends
of
The
Patio
will
host
a
free
book
signing
with
David
Farber,
author
of
the
first-ever
biography
of
John
J.
Raskob,
Everybody
Ought
to
Be
Rich:
The
Life
and
Times
of
John
J.
Raskob,
Capitalist,
in
The
Patio.
The
innovative
financier
and
self-made
businessman
who
built
the
Empire
State
building,
made
millions
for
DuPont
and
General
Motors,
and
helped
shape
the
contours
of
modern
capitalism,
John
J.
Raskob
settled
his
family
in
Claymont,
Delaware,
on
the
land
that
is
now
the
property
Archmere
Academy.
Join
The
Friends
of
The
Patio
in
the
former
home
of
this
American
icon
for
light
refreshments
and
a
book
signing
beginning
at
4:30
p.m.,
followed
by
an
author
presentation
and
opportunity
for
Q&A
at
5:00
p.m.
This
event
is
free
and
open
to
the
public.
Copies
of
the
book
will
be
available
for
purchase.
For
more
information
on
the
book
signing
or
the
concert
event,
go
to:
https://www.archmereacademy.com/friendsofthepatio
or
call
302-798-6632
ext.
706.
David
Farber's
Everybody
Ought
to
Be
Rich
chronicles
the
life
of
this
colorful
and
impactful
figure,
whose
life
evokes
the
roaring
twenties,
the
Catholic
elite,
the
boardrooms
of
America's
biggest
corporations,
and
the
rags-to-riches
tale
that
is
central
to
the
American
dream.
Farber
follows
Raskob's
remarkable
journey
from
a
teenage
candy
seller
in
northern
New
York,
to
the
pinnacles
of
wealth
and
power.
Between
1916
and
1918,
John
J.
Raskob
and
his
family
constructed
on
their
48-acre
property
an
elaborate
home,
The
Patio,
a
fine
example
of
Italianate,
Renaissance
architecture,
and
Manor
Hall,
a
servants'
quarters.
He
sold
the
property
to
the
Norbertine
brothers,
a
Catholic
order
of
priests,
who
started
a
boys
boarding
school
on
the
property
(which
is
now
the
co-educational
college
preparatory
day
school,
Archmere
Academy.)
David
Farber
is
Professor
of
History
at
Temple
University.
He
is
the
author
of
The
Rise
and
Fall
of
Modern
American
Conservatism;
Taken
Hostage:
The
Iran
Hostage
Crisis
and
America's
First
Encounter
with
Radical
Islam;
and
Sloan
Rules:
Alfred
P.
Sloan
and
the
Triumph
of
General
Motors.
The
Friends
of
The
Patio
is
an
organization
committed
to
the
renovation
and
preservation
of
the
historical
Patio
building.
Proceeds
from
the
Green
Concert
Series
benefit
restoration
projects.
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