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Steel, and vast railroad empires, he served for decades as americas unofficial central banker. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Pierpont morgan bestrode the financial world like a colossus. An american banking dynasty and the rise of modern finance. Morgan, who created some of the nations greatest industrial trusts, amassed a remarkable art collection, and became a oneman federal reserve. American financier as well as alice james, which won the bancroft prize. American financier kindle edition by strouse, jean. This book concentrates on the by far most colorful morgan, j. She has been president of the society of american historians, a consultant oral historian to the bill and melinda gates foundation, and a fellow of the john d. An american banking dynasty and the rise of modern finance ebook written by ron chernow. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the house of morgan. American financier, in which she chronicles morgans career as founder of general electric, u. Sep 09, 2014 jean strouse is the author of alice james, a biography, which won the bancroft prize in american history and diplomacy, and morgan, american financier. In this extraordinary book, awardwinning biographer jean strouse vividly portrays the financial colossus, the avid patron of the arts, and the entirely human.
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