SUMMARY - Titan: The Life Of John D. Rockefeller, Sr By Ron Chernow
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Narrated by Digital Voice Mike G
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As you read this summary, you will learn about the great moments in the life of John D. Rockefeller Sr. (1839-1937) who, during his lifetime, was considered the richest man in the world.
You will also learn :
- that some have attributed a French origin to the Rockefeller family;
- that Rockefeller was a determined opponent of trade unionism;
- that marriage to women from a higher social background was a tradition in the Rockefeller family;
- that Rockefeller was a Baptist, and a follower of strict Puritanism;
- that he often vacationed in Florida in the evenings of his life;
- that he was the founder of the world's largest company in terms of sales.
Rockefeller has a bad reputation. Too rich, too powerful, too quickly reached the heights of fortune and power. In his lifetime he was one of the most hated men in the United States. His latest biographer, Ron Chernow, hesitated for a long time before devoting himself to yet another biography of one of the most famous Americans in the world. Before giving his approval to the publisher, he consulted hundreds of pages of interviews with Rockefeller in the huge mass of documents in the Rockefeller Archive Center, in order to be able to judge the complexity of the character on the spot. The bet was taken: his book reads like a novel, even if, we are forced to say, despite all his meritorious efforts, he does not manage to make his hero more sympathetic to us ...
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