Radio talk show host, Elisea Frishberg, reveals the ins and outs of creating a media empire with her husband Daniel. Starting with her childhood on a small island in the Philippines, Frishberg, weaves tales of sharp investment and innovation from an early age. Her father managed water rights for the government and little Elisea tagged along as he shrewdly and humanely dealt with the local farmers. Cut to Elisea as a young woman making her way in America as an accountant and meeting the savvy bond trader Daniel Frishberg. A partnership of astute business sense and uncanny market sense eventually brought these two to the top of a radio empire - towers and all. Elisea spells it all out for the reader: how to think about risk, how to advertise, how to evaluate your level and then gradually increase it until your wealth begins to expand exponentially. "American Dream in a Box" tells you how with the textured story of a vibrant, unusual American woman