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020			_a9781400077304
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100			_aChernow, Ron _914246
245			_aTitan: _bthe life of John D. Rockefeller, S R.
260			_bVintage Books _aNew York _c2004
300			_axxii, 774 p.
365			_aINR _b1099.00
520			_aFrom 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. (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/26804/titan-by-ron-chernow/)
650			_aPhilanthropists _915674
650			_aIndustrialists _915675
650			_aCapitalists and financiers _912914
650			_aRockefeller, John D _915676
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