{"product_id":"boogie","title":"Boogie: Life on a Merry-Go-Round","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMillions of American movie fans first heard of the rascal street character \"Boogie\" in Barry Levinson's classic coming-of-age film, \"Diner.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut millions of American shoppers might have known about him from the stunning Merry-Go-Round clothing chain Leonard \"Boogie\" Weinglass created and then extended across most of the U.S.A. Now, in \u003cem\u003eBoogie: Life on A Merry-Go-Round\u003c\/em\u003e, veteran journalist Michael Olesker tells the life story of the rise from youthful poverty and street fighting, from the pool halls and the late-night Hilltop Diner of Baltimore, to multi-millionare businessman and philanthropist.Or, as \u003cem\u003eFortune Magazine \u003c\/em\u003eonce said, \"Human history has produced exactly one Johann Sebastian Bach, one Sir Isaac Newton, and-for better or worse-one Leonard \"Boogie\" Weinglass...a true original, a streetwise Baltimore bad boy who grew up to be, by turns, hippie, founder of a successful retail chain, multi-millionaire, jet-setting Florida playboy...\"What a ride...a $1 billion nationwide chain with nearly 1,500 stores and 15,000 employees, Merry-Go-Round became a Wall Street darling, and big-time players like Fidelity Investments, Bear Stearns, and Donald Trump tried to horn in on the action.\" It's an only-in-America tale about a once-in-a-lifetime character.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46354332942546,"sku":"9781627203692","price":28.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8980\/5233\/files\/1_e9d7625f-1c06-460e-951a-784aa1a5f752.jpg?v=1762792480","url":"https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/products\/boogie","provider":"Indigo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}