Titan the life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr
Chernow, Ron.
Titan the life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr - New York Random House c1998 - xxii, 774 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [737]-749)
In this endlessly engrossing book, National Book Award-Winning biographer Rpn Chernow devotes his penetrating powers of scholarship and insight to the jekyll and Hyde of American capitalism. In the course of his nearly 98 years, John D. Rockefeller Sr. 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.
9781400077304
Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937.
338.7/62238CHE
Titan the life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr - New York Random House c1998 - xxii, 774 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [737]-749)
In this endlessly engrossing book, National Book Award-Winning biographer Rpn Chernow devotes his penetrating powers of scholarship and insight to the jekyll and Hyde of American capitalism. In the course of his nearly 98 years, John D. Rockefeller Sr. 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.
9781400077304
Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937.
338.7/62238CHE