{"product_id":"six-tycoons-the-lives-of-john-jacoob-astor-cornelius-vanderbilt-andrew-carnegie-9781904905851","title":"Six Tycoons: The Lives of John Jacoob Astor,","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Jacob Astor - Cornelius Vanderbilt - Andrew Carnegie - John D. Rockefeller - Henry Ford - Joseph P. Kennedy - Even today, long after their deaths, the names of these six men continue to be associated with wealth and power. When they were alive, they dominated their worlds as few men had done before, and few have done since. Now in paperback, this book contains the life stories of six of the richest men who ever lived in America. Their lives offer us windows into ways of life that most of us can only imagine - an opportunity to glimpse times when laws, attitudes, prejudices, and opportunities were very different from today. Their achievements - financial, political, and social - continue to affect us to this day, for good or ill. Additionally, their mistakes still offer important lessons about the acquisition, use, and abuse of wealth and power. And had they not lived, the history of America - and the world - might have been very different indeed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eAbout the author. v\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eContents. vii\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eList of illustrations. ix\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction.. 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohn Jacob AStor.. 7\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Walldorf to New York. 7\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Fur Trade. 9\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAstoria. 14\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eManhattan Landlord. 21\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCornelius Vanderbilt.. 29\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew York Harbour. 29\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGibbons v Ogden. 32\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUncle Daniel 35\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTo The Pacific. 39\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRailroads and Corners. 41\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Erie Railroad Wars. 47\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAndrew Carnegie.. 61\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Bobbin Boy. 61\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTelegraphs and Railroads. 66\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Budding Capitalist 70\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Civil War and After. 73\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Panic of 1873. 82\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Industrialist 88\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Homestead Strike and its Aftermath. 96\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarnegie Steel 100\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSkibo Castle and the Gospel of Wealth. 102\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Departure of Frick. 105\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Years of Philanthropy. 109\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Advocate of Peace. 113\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe First World War and After. 115\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohn D Rockefeller.. 119\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Young Rockefeller. 119\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Oil Regions. 124\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHenry Flagler and the Creation of Standard Oil 128\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Dissolution of Standard Oil 141\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRockefeller’s Philanthropies. 144\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHenry Ford.. 151\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Young Mechanic. 151\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe First Cars. 157\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Ford Motor Company and the Model T.. 161\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Peace Ship and the War. 173\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Dearborn Independent 181\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvangeline. 185\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChanges. 186\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Last Years. 196\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJoseph P Kennedy.. 203\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEarly Days in Boston. 203\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMarriage and Money. 207\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWall Street and the New Deal 212\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmbassador to the Court of St James. 217\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe War Years. 222\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePolitics and Tragedies. 231\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelect Bibliography.. 239\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex.. 241\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Spiramus Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50470270959959,"sku":"9781904905851","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781904905851.jpg?v=1744897855","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/six-tycoons-the-lives-of-john-jacoob-astor-cornelius-vanderbilt-andrew-carnegie-9781904905851","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}