Includes index

1. Dealing : a week in the life -- 2. Trump cards : the elements of the deal -- 3. Growing up -- 4. The Cincinnati Kid : prudence pays -- 5. The move to Manhattan -- 6. Grand Hotel : reviving 42nd Street -- 7. Trump Tower : the Tiffany location -- 8. Gaming : the building on the Boardwalk -- 9. Wynn-fall : the battle for Hilton -- 10. Low rent, high stakes : the showdown on Central Park South -- 11. Long shot : the spring and fall of the USFL -- 12. Ice capades : rebuilding Wollman Rink -- 13. Comeback : a West Side story -- 14. The week that was : how the deals came out

In 1987, Trump published an unguarded look at the mind of a brilliant entrepreneur and an unprecedented education in the practice of deal-making. Now republished, but not updated, the book still provides a guide to personal finance that also provides a look into Trump's life up to that point