Titan (Record no. 417)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781400077304
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 338.7/62238CHE
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Chernow, Ron.
245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Titan
Remainder of title the life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Random House
Date of publication, distribution, etc. c1998
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xxii, 774 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Includes bibliographical references (p. [737]-749)
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. 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. 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 family; and the wry sense of humour that made him the country's most colorful codger. Titan is a magnificent biography-balanced, revelatory, and elegantly written.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937. Capitalists and financiers-United States-Biography. Industrialists-United States -Biography. Philanthropists-United States -Biography.
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