{"product_id":"9781443448482","title":"Distilled: A Memoir of Family, Seagram, Baseball, and Philanthropy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe nationally bestselling memoir of the scion of a Canadian business empire\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBillionaire businessman and philanthropist Charles Bronfman has decided it is time to tell his story. The\u003ci\u003e Montreal Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e praises this telling as “detailed and surprisingly candid.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1931, an heir to the fortune of the fabulously wealthy Bronfmans (“the Rothschilds of the New World”), Charles grew up in a twenty-room mansion. Via its control of the distilling giant Seagram, the Bronfman family dominated the liquor business, with brands such as Crown Royal, V.O. and Chivas Regal. By the 1980s, Seagram was the biggest shareholder of DuPont, and by the 1990s, the family’s wealth was in the billions, culminating in the $35-billion sale of Seagram to France’s Vivendi, which led to financial and family disaster. In \u003ci\u003eDistilled\u003c\/i\u003e, Charles reflects on all of it—his relationship with his parents and his brother, Edgar; working in the family business; landing Canada’s first big-league baseball franchise (the Montreal Expos), leading a philanthropic life by promoting Canadian identity through Heritage Minutes and supporting Israel through countless innovative initiatives, including the globally respected Birthright Israel; and how the Bronfman family splintered over the sale of Seagram.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMuch has been written about his father, Sam, but until now there has been no public record of Charles Bronfman’s thoughts about his life, family, career and significant accomplishments. \u003ci\u003eDistilled\u003c\/i\u003e is just such a record, chronicling key events in the life of the heir of a Canadian dynasty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47036693184752,"sku":"9781443448482","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781443448482","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}