Titan the life of john d rockefeller ebook

Rockefeller, nominated for the national book critics circle award. Rockefeller, sr ron chernow a biography of americas first billionaire, john d. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. May 05, 1998 titan was a very comprehensive biography of john d. It is ron chernows signal triumph that he narrates this monumental saga with all. The man who became the first american billionaire, and built the standard oil trust. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Titan is the first fulllength biography based on unrestricted access to rockefeller s exceptionally. Paperback 30 march 2004 by ron chernow author visit amazons ron chernow page. While providing abundant new evidence of rockefeller s misdeeds, chernow discards the stereotype of the coldblooded monster to sketch an unforgettably human portrait of a quirky. Insight and analysis into the life of the richest man in american history business biographies and memoirs titans of industry book 3 j. Born the son of a flamboyant, bigamous snakeoil salesman and a pious, straitlaced mother, rockefeller rose from rustic origins to become the worlds richest man by creating americas most.

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The man who became the first american billionaire and built the standard oil trust. Now ron chernow, a national book awardwinning biographer, gives us a detailed and insightful history of the mogul. The titan spent more than thirty years dodging investigations until teddy roosevelt and his trustbusters embarked on a marathon crusade to bring standard oil to bay. There was a lot of repetition and approximately half the book is about the people around rockefeller including a lot of time spent on his son and some of his business associates, but this allows for a very dynamic and complete picture of the era and. Rockefeller, the worlds first billionaire, created the powerful monopoly, standard. He was a cofounder of the standard oil company, which dominated the oil industry. The marriage of william and christina produced a son named godfrey rockefeller, who was the grandfather of the oil titan and a most unlikely progenitor of the clan. Rockefeller, sr 1400077303 paperback published in 2004, kindle edition published in 2007, 0679438084 hardc. The patrician accent of george plimpton author of truman capote and the x factor, with its edge of aristocracy and money, is perfectly suited for telling the ragstoriches story of. Titan is the first fulllength biography based on unrestricted access to rockefeller s exceptionally rich trove of papers.

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