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the life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.

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An edition of Titan (1998)

Titan

the life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.

1st ed.
  • 81 Want to read
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A biography of America's first billionaire, John D. Rockefeller, Sr., drawing from Rockefeller's personal papers to provide information about his rustic origins, his creation of Standard Oil, his often controversial business tactics, and his personal relationships and attributes.

John D. Rockefeller, Sr., - history's first billionaire and the patriarch of America's most famous dynasty - is an icon whose true nature has eluded three generations of historians. Titan is the first full-length biography based on unrestricted access to Rockefeller's exceptionally rich trove of papers.

Born the son of a flamboyant, bigamous snake-oil salesman and a pious, straitlaced mother, Rockefeller rose from rustic origins to become the world's richest man by creating America's most powerful and feared monopoly, Standard Oil. Branded "the Octopus" by legions of muckrakers, the trust refined and marketed nearly 90 percent of the oil produced in America.

Critics charged that his empire was built on unscrupulous tactics: grand-scale collusion with the railroads, predatory pricing, industrial espionage, and wholesale bribery of political officials. The titan spent more than thirty years dodging investigations until Teddy Roosevelt and his trustbusters embarked on a marathon crusade to bring Standard Oil to bay.

While providing abundant new evidence of Rockefeller's misdeeds, Chernow discards the stereotype of the cold-blooded monster to sketch an unforgettably human portrait of a quirky eccentric original.

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Random House
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English
Pages
774

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [737]-749) and index.

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
338.7/622382/092, B
Library of Congress
CT275.R75 C47 1998, CT275.R75 C47 1997, CT275.R75C47 1998

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxii, 774 p. :
Number of pages
774

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Open Library
OL686205M
Internet Archive
titanlifeofjohnd0000cher
ISBN 10
0679438084
LCCN
97033117
OCLC/WorldCat
37615450
Library Thing
81080
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824931

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