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Available
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Publication
New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, c1976.
Description
This is the story of an American dynasty: the father, who built the fortune, the son who cleansed the name, the brothers who manipulated both the name and the fortune to their own ends, and the cousins who often wish they had inherited neither. Cast against the backdrop of our country's history is a spectacular array of characters: a bigamist, a robber baron, a philanthropist, a world-weary cynic, a drifting divorcee, polluters, environmentalists, art lovers and money manipulators. Collier and Horowitz reveal the myths, scandals, rumors and, above all, the endlessly enthralling, often shocking truth about this unparalleled American dynasty.
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Original publication date
1976
Physical description
746 p.; 24 cm
ISBN
0030083710 / 9780030083716
Notes/Finding Aids
Memorial for Carl Hammil
DDC/MDS
| 923.3 ROC |
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LibraryThing member dragonasbreath
A surprisingly readable volume. I've never been very much on either biographies or "I" books because there is to much conceit, to little fact, in most of them.
It kind of surprised me - I picked this 700-page volume up, worked around my job and had it read in a week. Still occasionally quote things
One of the interesting things about this Biography of a Dynasty is how the different generations saw the money and reacted to both it and the restrictions that go with lots of money.
It kind of surprised me - I picked this 700-page volume up, worked around my job and had it read in a week. Still occasionally quote things
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from it at people.One of the interesting things about this Biography of a Dynasty is how the different generations saw the money and reacted to both it and the restrictions that go with lots of money.
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