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December 27, 2011 | History
Biography of Samuel Insull, and the story of his family, immigrant from England, former personal secretary to Thomas Edison, to head of the largest US utilty conglomerate of his time,to notorious fugitive from authorities, to acquittal. Thoroughly researched and well written.
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Electrical utlity, Chicago, politics, Great Depression, World War I, finance, stock market, rural electrification, Villard, Stuart, Edison, General Electric, Commonwealth Edison, Public Service Company, Budd, Thompson, Thomson, Houston, Peoples Gas, elevated, Public utilities, Mass production, Electric utilities, Insull, Samuel, 1859-1938, Dictionaries, English, Insull, samuel, 1859-1933Times
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Insull: The Rise and Fall of a Billionaire Utility Tycoon
December 2004, Beard Books
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
to the Reader page vii- xii
Chapter I London page 1
Facing Trial for an Age - Forebears - The Student - Finding a Faith - Rebellion - Self-help - Finding a Hero - Connection with Edison - Off to America - Insull and Edison - Edison's Financial Factotum
Chapter II Insull on the Mohawk page 25
An Audacious Venture - Insull's Role - Shaking Off the leaden Collar - Despondency - Personal Matters - Springing to Life - Enter Henry Villard - Edison General Electric - Two Weaknesses - Competition: Fair and Foul - Secret Negotiations - Morgan and Coffin - Outmanuvered and Defeated - Finding a Job -
Chapter III Chicago page 55
"Electricity is for Everybody" - Fashioning a Monopoly - Exploiting G.E.'s Myopia - Elusive Economics - Impatient for Results - Mr. Wright Solves the Riddle - Sucess and New Problems - the Reluctanct Financier - A Moment of Applause
Chapter IV Intimates page 74
A Deceptive Lady - Conquered by Gladys - The Choice - Dombey's Son - Politics: Roger Sullivan - The Gray Wolves - Yerkes Makes a Move - Insull and the Wolves - The Lawyer - Open End - The Banker - A Would-Be Raider - Revolution: The Turbine - Insull's Right Arm
Chapter V the Big Shot page 102
Winning Customers - Bazing Trails - A Compulsion to Order - Labor: John L. Lewis - Labor: "Umbrella Mike" - Rates and Public Relations - Politics is a Business - Municipal Ownership - Regulation Materializes - A Trump Card - Bookkeeping - Depreciation - the Pursuit of Success - How to Make a Million
Chapter VI The Success; or, The Short, Happy Life of Samuel Insull page 133
"A Good, Kindly Gentleman" - Hawthorn Farm - Discovery: Systemization - Discovery: Rural Electrification - Invading the Surburbs - The Moment of Corruption - A Door Closes - Power's Safest Repository - Creation of Middle West Utilities - CIPSCo - Expansion - Traction Baron - Gas Baron - A Dangerous Mistake
Chapter VII The War page 162
Insull Goes to War - Convincing Lord Grey - Persuading Mr. Wilson - Creating a MountainTop - War Fever - Profiteers - Race Riot - Kudos - Utilities under Attack - "Gold Plated Anarchist" - Propaganda Machinery - Customer Ownership - President-Making
Chapter VIII The Crisis:1917-23 page 188
Labor Problems - A Well-Staged Crisis - Employes Are Human - The Insull Man - A Primitive Business - "Don'T Fight Them, Fix Them" - Money Disappears - New Financial Devices - A New Managerial Class - Going Broke - To the Rescue - A Stroke of Genius - The Wake of the Storm
Chapter IX The Empire and Its Marshalls page 214
The War's Toll - "I Haven't Got the Men" - Outside Advisers - Inside Experts - Viceroys - "Is Anyone Worth That Much?" - Built-In Checks - Insull and Son - Junior's First Command - Mrs. Somebody - A Glorious Moment
Chapter X The Enemies page 237
The Babe Ruth of Business - The Gold Coast - Opera - The Club - "Look to New York" - The Invasion - Declaration of War - Elevateds and Politics - Big Bill forms a Coalition - A Circuitous Maneuver - Blank Check - Machine Vote - A Major Blunder - Senatorial Inquisistion - Power Trust - Hearst - More Blunders - Undefeated -
Chapter X The Fall of the House of Insull page 274
Contemplating Retirement - Founding a Dynasty - The Raiders Appear - Pyramiding - The Big Bull Market - Three Mistakes - Insull v. Eaton - Buy-But How? - Market Battle - "That Would Be Immoral" - The Walls Tumble Down - Planning the Kill - Receivership - The First Axe Falls - "Keep My Memory Green" -
Chapter X The Trial page 305
Quietly Vanishing - The Investigation - F.D.R. - The Flight to Athens - Battle for Extradition - Kidnapped - Prosecution v. Persecution - For the Defense: Floyd Thompson - For the Prosecution: Leslie Salter - Opening Attack - Do Crooks Keep Books? - Expert Witnesses - Insull Takes the Stand - Acquittal
Aftermath page 334
The British Grid System - Consolations - The End
Index page 341
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