The biography of value investor Peter Cundill - marathon runner, world-traveler, philosopher, cultural enthusiast, and playboy.
Authors
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Date published
- 2014.
- Description conventions
- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 332.092
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
- Distributor
- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
- General Note
- Includes index Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn---
- ISBN
- 9780773596870 9780773544727
- LCCN
- HG172.C85
- LCCN Item number
- R58 2014eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (422 pages, 12 pages of plates)
- Published in
- Ottawa, Ontario
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00235403 (OCoLC)900244362 (CaOOCEL)447717
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Half-title 2
- Title 4
- Copyright 5
- Contents 8
- Introduction 24
- PART ONE 28
- 1 Some Family History 30
- 2 An Unusual Childhood 42
- 3 Rites of Passage 49
- 4 The Early Journals: A Sampler 57
- 5 New Challenges 64
- 6 Vancouver-Bound 69
- 7 Apprenticeship on the Move 77
- 8 Going It Alone 88
- PART TWO 100
- 9 Taking the Plunge 102
- 10 Epiphany and a Fallen Idol 106
- 11 The Cundill Value Fund 113
- 12 Tilting at Windmills 121
- 13 European Experiments and Expeditions 129
- 14 A Tale of Two Cities 137
- 15 Cycles and Sashimi 144
- 16 Crisis and Opportunity 149
- 17 A Farewell and a Promise 152
- PART THREE 156
- 18 Vintages ’48 and ’38 158
- 19 The Everest Trek 161
- 20 The International High Life 168
- 21 In Dante’s Dark Wood 172
- 22 Confidence Regained 180
- 23 Reclaiming the Initiative 187
- 24 Travelling with Purpose 194
- 25 Alarums and Excursions 203
- PART FOUR 228
- 26 Reality Checks 230
- 27 Now We Begin Again 241
- 28 A Year of Anniversaries 249
- 29 The Perfect Balance 257
- 30 The Turn of the Tide 269
- 31 The Seeds of a Troubled Decade 280
- 32 Confronting Mortality 293
- PART FIVE 310
- 33 A Bachelor Again 312
- 34 Time Present 324
- 35 Triumph and Disaster 336
- 36 The Turn of the Screw 349
- PART SIX 360
- 37 A Brief Respite 362
- 38 The Tide Turns Again 369
- 39 The Spark of Life Regained 374
- 40 Living in the Moment 379
- 41 Fast Lane to the Finish 388
- Epilogue 402
- APPENDICES 414
- Appendix A: Net-net Work Sheet 416
- Appendix B: Notes from a Battle-Scarred Warrior 420
- Index 426
