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 Identifiers
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
ISBN-13
9781400077304
eBay Product ID (ePID)
110631898
Product Key Features
Book Title
Titan: the Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
Author
Ron Chernow
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2004
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Number of Pages
832 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
234mm
Item Width
155mm
Item Weight
1021g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Ron Chernow
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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