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Vanderbilt, Carnegie, Rockefeller, Ford, Drew, Fisk, Harriman, Du Pont, Morgan, Mellon, Insull, Gould, Frick, Schwab, Swift, Guggenheim, Hearst- these are only a few of the foundation giants that have changed the face of America. They gave living reality to that great golden legend-The American Dream. Most were self-made in the Horatio Alger tradition. Those whose beginnings were blessed with... Read more
INTRODUCTION TO THE TRANSACTION EDITION FOREWORD PART ONE: THE ERA OF BRASS KNUCKLES Chapter 1 NOON Chapter 2 PRIMITIVES Chapter 3 BOLD NEW TALENTS Chapter 4 THE WARS OF THE TROGLODYTES Chapter 5 HE WAS ALWAYS KIND TO THE POOR Chapter 6 WRECKAGE PART TWO:RISE OF THE COLOSSI Chapter 1 ROCKEFELLER I Chapter 2 CARNEGIE Chapter 3 THE FIRST HARASSMENTS Chapter 4 RULERS OF CHICAGO Chapter 5 MONARCHS OF THE FAR WEST PART THREE: THE ERA OF FRENZIED FINANCE Chapter I STANDARD OILIN FULL FLOWER Chapter 2 THE STEEL TRUST Chapter 3 THB COPPER-PLATED KINGS Chapter 4 TOM LAWSON AND THE SYSTEM PART FOUR: NEW GIANTS APPEAR Chapter 1 THB RISE OF CHARLIE SCHWAB Chapter 2 THE LAST RAILROAD WAR Chapter 3 HENRY FORD'S NEW BRA Chapter 4 MR. MELLON Chapter 5 lNSULL THB FALSE MIDAS PART FIVE: DYNASTIC SUCCESSION Chapter 1 THE DU PONTS Chapter 2 THB GUGGBNHBIMS Chapter 3 THE LAST MOGUL PART SIX: WHAT THEY DID WITH IT Chapter 1 ELEGANCES AND BEQUESTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
Biography
Stewart Holbrook
