Boogie: Life on a Merry-Go-Round

Millions of American movie fans first heard of the rascal street character “Boogie” in Barry Levinson’s classic coming-of-age film, “Diner.”

But 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 Boogie: Life on A Merry-Go-Round, 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 Fortune Magazine once 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.

Author: Michael Olesker
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Loyola College/Apprentice House
Published: 04/05/2022
Pages: 274
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.58d
ISBN: 9781627203708
Language: English