Book summary

A major biography of J. Pierpont Morgan, who, after inheriting his family's wealth in the 19th century, invested in railroads and amassed a huge fortune that enabled him to rescue the U.S. economy from near collapse in the 20th century. Morgan was a philanthropist and a collector of art. Strouse, author of ALICE JAMES, which won the Bancroft Prize in history, spent more than 10 years researching and writing this work, and she had access to the files of Morgan family.

Media reviews

"...[I]t is of Morgan as a financier that Ms. Strouse offers the profoundest revision....[S]he argues that, in his own mind at least, his interests were always identical to whatever would benefit the public."