Titan: The Life Of John D. Rockefeller Sr

Author: Ron Chernow

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  • : 49.99 AUD
  • : 9781400077304
  • : Random House
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  • : 31 January 2004
  • : 232mm X 155mm X 43mm
  • : United States
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  • : Ron Chernow
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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.