MEN OF WEALTH: Story of 12 Significant Fortunes

by Flynn, John T

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NY:: Simon & Schuster,, 1941. Hardcover, spine lettering faded; fore edges untrimmed; otherwise, condition quite good.. index. With 12 b&w full-pg. portraits. Tales of Jacob Fugger, 15th-c. capitalist; John Law, France's money-man; the Rothschilds; Robert Owen, utopian reformer; Cornelius Vanderbilt, railroad magnate; Hetty Green, financial miser; Mitsui, Japanese merchant; Cecil Rhodes; Basil Zaharoff, military sales; Mark Hanna, political kingmaker; Rockefeller; J.P. Morgan. ||| Flynn (1882-1964) `New Republic' columnist, wrote `Investment Trusts Gone Wrong' & `Graft in Business.' FDR's election, New Deal, & events in Europe changed his views; became bitterly anti-FDR, anti-UN, anti-Eisenhower, & anti-William F. Buckley. Became an `America First' leader & foremost defender of Senator Joe McCarthy.