Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller Sr

Author(s): Ron Chernow

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National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist  


From 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.

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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. "

General Fields

  • : 9781400077304
  • : Random House
  • : Vintage
  • : 1.00698
  • : January 2004
  • : 232mm X 155mm X 43mm
  • : United States
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Illustrationsstrations (black and white)
  • : 832
  • : near fine
  • : 338.7/622382/092 B
  • : English
  • : Paperback
  • : Ron Chernow