I first covered the Trump businesses in 1990 as a research assistant to Wayne Barrett, when he was writing a Trump biography; from 1996 to 1997 I reported on Donald’s casino dealings for my book Bad Bet, a social history of gambling in America.
Books
Barrett, Wayne. Trump. New York: HarperCollins, 1992.
Blair, Gwenda. The Trumps. New York: Touchstone, 2000.
Boorstin, Daniel J. The Image. New York: Vintage, 1961.
Browne, Arthur, Dan Collins, and Michael Goodwin. I Koch. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1985.
Caro, Robert A. The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York. New York: Vintage, 1974.
Chernow, Ron. Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. New York: Random House, 1998.
Cutlip, Scott M. The Unseen Power: Public Relations. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Earlbaum Associates, 1994.
Fainstein, Susan S. The City Builders: Property Development in New York and London, 1980–2000. Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 2001.
Gamson, Joshua. Claims to Fame: Celebrity in Contemporary America. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1994.
Griffin, Merv, and David Bender. Merv. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003.
Holt, Douglas B. How Brands Become Icons. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business School Publishing, 2004.
Hurt, Harry. Lost Tycoon. New York: W. W. Norton, 1993.
Iacocca, Lee. Iacocca. New York: Bantam Books, 1984.
Johnston, David. Temples of Chance. New York: Doubleday, 1992.
Koch, Edward I. Mayor. New York: Warner Books, 1984.
Kushner, Tony. Angels in America. New York: Theater Communications Group, 1995.
Mahon, Gigi. The Company That Bought the Boardwalk. New York: Random House, 1980.
Marshall, P. David. Celebrity and Power. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2004.
Morehouse, Ward. Inside the Plaza. New York: Applause Books, 2001.
Newfield, Jack, and Wayne Barrett. City for Sale. New York: Harper & Row, 1988.
O’Brien, Timothy L. Bad Bet. New York: Times Business/Random House, 1998.
O’Donnell, John R. Trumped! New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995.
Patterson, Jerry E. Fifth Avenue: The Best Address. New York: Rizzoli, 1998.
Rein, Irving, Philip Kotler, and Martin Stoller. High Visibility: The Making and Marketing of Professionals into Celebrities. Lincolnwood, IL: NTC/Contemporary Publishing, 1997.
Shachtman, Tom. Skyscraper Dreams: The Great Real Estate Dynasties of New York. Boston: Little, Brown, 1991.
Sternlieb, George, and James W. Hughes. The Atlantic City Gamble. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1983.
Trump, Donald J. The Way to the Top. New York: Crown Business, 2004.
Trump, Donald J., and Kate Bohner. The Art of the Comeback. New York: Times Books/Random House, 1997.
Trump, Donald J., and Charles Leerhsen. Surviving at the Top. New York: Random House, 1990.
Trump, Donald J., and Meredith McIver. How to Get Rich. New York: Random House, 2004.
Trump, Donald J., and Meredith McIver. Think Like a Billionaire. New York: Random House, 2004.
Trump Donald J., and Tony Schwartz. The Art of the Deal. New York: Warner Books, 1987.
Trump, Donald J., and Dave Shiflett. The America We Deserve. Los Angeles: Renaissance Books, 2000.
Documents
Report of the Division of Gaming Enforcement to the Casino Control Commission. In the Matter of the Joint Petition of Trump Taj Mahal Associates Limited Partnership and Trump Hotel Management Corporation for Renewal of Their Casino Licenses. Trenton, NJ, April 5, 1991.
State of New Jersey Casino Control Commission. Report on the Financial Position of Donald J. Trump. April 11, 1991.
State of New Jersey, Department of Law, Division of Gaming Enforcement. Preliminary Report on the Financial Condition of the Donald J. Trump Organization, Post-Restructuring. Trenton, NJ, 1990.
United States District Court, Southern District of New York. Mirage Resorts Inc. against Donald J. Trump, et al. 97 Civ. 6693.
DVD
Universal. The Apprentice: The Complete First Season. A Mark Burnett Production in association with Trump Productions LLC, 2004.