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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 wealth parlayed their inheritances many times through the same
methods as their rags-to-riches compatriots: shrewdness,
ruthlessness, determination, or a combination of all three. The Age
of the Moguls is not overly concerned with the comparative business
ethics of these men of money. The best of them made "deals,"
purchased immunity, and did other things which in 1860, 1880, or
even 1900, were considered no more than "smart" by their fellow
Americans, but which today would give pause to the most
conscientiously dishonest promoter. Holbrook does not pass
judgments on matters that have baffled moralists, economists, and
historians. He is less concerned with how these men achieved their
fortune as much as how they disbursed the funds. Stewart Holbrook
has written a brilliant and wholly captivating study of the days
when America's great fortunes were built; when futures were
unlimited; when tycoons trampled across the land. Few writers today
could range backwards and forwards in American history through the
last century and a half, and could take their readers to a dozen
different sections of the country, or combine the lives of over
fifty famous men in such a way as to produce a continuous and
exciting narrative of sponsored growth. Leslie Lenkowsky's new
introduction adds dimension to this classic study.
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 wealth parlayed their inheritances many times through the same
methods as their rags-to-riches compatriots: shrewdness,
ruthlessness, determination, or a combination of all three.
"The Age of the Moguls" is not overly concerned with the
comparative business ethics of these men of money. The best of them
made "deals," purchased immunity, and did other things which in
1860, 1880, or even 1900, were considered no more than "smart" by
their fellow Americans, but which today would give pause to the
most conscientiously dishonest promoter. Holbrook does not pass
judgments on matters that have baffled moralists, economists, and
historians. He is less concerned with how these men achieved their
fortune as much as how they disbursed the funds.
Stewart Holbrook has written a brilliant and wholly captivating
study of the days when America's great fortunes were built; when
futures were unlimited; when tycoons trampled across the land. Few
writers today could range backwards and forwards in American
history through the last century and a half, and could take their
readers to a dozen different sections of the country, or combine
the lives of over fifty famous men in such a way as to produce a
continuous and exciting narrative of sponsored growth. Leslie
Lenkowsky's new introduction adds dimension to this classic
study.
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