FINAL ANALYSIS: On the upside, Mr. AC Gilbert was a great inventor and magician, an excellent athlete, and of course the inventor of our beloved postwar AF trains. He was also a relatively benevolent employer that listened to his workers' suggestions. What especially disturbed me was his trophy head hunting which was very ego driven and his need to have the biggest and best "prize"! Those chapters were not pleasant reading! That kind of hunting is more frowned upon today than back in his day. He was also quite an egotist, and he viewed most of his accomplishments as his personal achievements without crediting others in many instances. I still admire the man albeit with some reservations.
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