Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
by Ron Chernow
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- 9781400077304
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Drawing on unprecedented access to Rockefeller's private papers, Chernow reconstructs his subject's 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 family; and the wry sense of humor that made him the country's most colorful codger. Titan is a magnificent biography --balanced, revelatory, and elegantly written.
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Ron Chernow 's first book, The House of Morgan , won the National Book Award and the Ambassador Award for the year's best study of American culture. His second book, The Warburgs , won the Eccles Prize as the Best Business Book of 1993 and was also selected by the American Library Association as one of that year's best nonfiction books. In reviewing his recent collection of essays, The Death of the Banker , The New York Times called the author "as elegant an architect of monumental histories as we've seen in decades and chose the paperback original as one of the year's Notable Books. ABOUT THE READER George Plimpton is the founding editor of The Paris Review and a special contributor to Sports Illustrated and Esquire . He is the author of such books as Truman Capote and The X Factor .
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- Bookseller
- The Vespiary Book Restoration & Bindery (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SQ6705039
- Title
- Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
- Author
- Ron Chernow
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1400077303
- ISBN 13
- 9781400077304
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- March 30, 2004
- Keywords
- capitalism, united states, robber baron, philanthropist, industrialist
- Bookseller catalogs
- Memoir/Biography;