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Titan

By Ron Chernow

Titan Memories

Titan

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National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist From the acclaimed, award-winning author of Alexander Hamilton: here is the essential, endlessly engrossing biography of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.-the Jekyll-and-Hyde of American capitalism. In the course of his nearly 98 years, Rockefeller was known as both a rapacious robber baron, whose Standard Oil Company rode roughshod over an industry, and a philanthropist who donated money lavishly to universities and medical centers. He was the terror of his competitors, the bogeyman of reformers, the delight of caricaturists-and an utter enigma. Drawing on unprecedented access to Rockefeller's private papers, Chernow reconstructs his subjects' troubled origins (his father was a swindler and a bigamist) and his single-minded pursuit of wealth. But he also uncovers the profound religiosity that drove him "to give all I could"; his devotion to his father; and the wry sense of humor that made him the country's most colorful codger. Titan is a magnificent biography-balanced, revelatory, elegantly written.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
2
Number of Pages:
832
Release Date:
2004-03-30
Publication Date:
2004-03-30
Publisher:
Random House USA Inc
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1400077303
ISBN13:
9781400077304
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
906 g
Height:
231 cm
Width:
153 cm
Thickness:
47 cm
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