Morgan: American Financier
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| Rating | : | 4.40 (962 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0812987047 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 848 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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Louis Post-Dispatch “Strouse is in full command of Pierpont Morgan’s personal life, his financial operations, his collecting, and his benefactions, and presents a rich, vivid picture of the background against which they took place. He had two wives, three yachts, four children, six houses, mistresses, and one of the finest art collections in America. In this extraordinary book, drawing extensively on new material, award-winning biographer Jean Strouse vividly portrays
nobody like him John W. Cotner i read ron chernow's book on j. p morgan before reading this one and initially did not think i would like jean strouse's book as much, but ended up liking it just as much. i suggest reading both of them to get a picture of j. p. morgan, who was, with john d. rockefe. FredTownWard said Big Bad John. Big Bad JohnIn the months following the year he turned 69The banking system cracked and men started cryin'Bankers were prayin' and hearts beat fastAnd everybody thought that they'd loaned their last--`cept JohnThrough the financial panic of this man-made hellWalked . nobody like him i read ron chernow's book on j. p. morgan before reading this one and initially did not think i would like this one as much, but ended up liking it more. i recommend reading both of them to get a complete picture of morgan, who was, with john d. rockefeller and theo
Morgan (1837-1913), the merchant banker whose financial prowess enabled the great American businesses to grow and thrive. Her chapter on the panic of 1907, which Morgan was instrumental in halting, is as exciting as a good thriller and far more instructive. Less than a year after Titan, Ron Chernow's sweeping biography of capitalist par excellence John D. Morgan sought to stabilize the volatile American economy and raise the cash needed to fuel its meteoric expansion. As in her groundbreaking biography Alice James, the author never settles for received wisdom, instead reading previous