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Morgan

Author : Jean Strouse
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 0812987047
Total Pages : 850 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book Morgan written by Jean Strouse and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2014-09-09 with total page 850 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER The definitive full-scale portrait of J. Pierpont Morgan’s tumultuous life, both in and out of the public eye History has remembered him as a complex and contradictory figure, part robber baron and part patron saint. J. Pierpont Morgan earned his reputation as “the Napoleon of Wall Street” by reorganizing the nation’s railroads and creating industrial giants such as General Electric and U.S. Steel. At a time when the country had no Federal Reserve system, he appointed himself a one-man central bank. He had two wives, three yachts, four children, six houses, mistresses, and one of the finest art collections in America. In this extraordinary book, drawing extensively on new material, award-winning biographer Jean Strouse vividly portrays the financial colossus, the avid patron of the arts, and the entirely human character behind all the myths. Praise for Morgan “Magnificent . . . the fullest and most revealing look at this remarkable, complex man that we are likely to get.”—The Wall Street Journal “A masterpiece . . . No one else has told the tale of Pierpont Morgan in the detail, depth, and understanding of Jean Strouse.”—Robert Heilbroner, Los Angeles Times Book Review “It is hard to imagine a biographer coming any closer to perfection.”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch “Strouse is in full command of Pierpont Morgan’s personal life, his financial operations, his collecting, and his benefactions, and presents a rich, vivid picture of the background against which they took place. . . . A magnificent biography.”—The New York Review of Books “With uncommon intelligence, maturity, and psychological insight, Morgan: American Financier is that rare masterpiece biography that enables us to penetrate the soul of a complex human being.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer

The House of Morgan

Author : Ron Chernow
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0802198139
Total Pages : 847 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book The House of Morgan written by Ron Chernow and published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. This book was released on 2010-03-16 with total page 847 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Book Award–winning history of American finance by the renowned biographer and author of Hamilton: “A tour de force” (New York Times Book Review). The House of Morgan is a panoramic story of four generations in the powerful Morgan family and their secretive firms that would transform the modern financial world. Tracing the trajectory of J. P. Morgan’s empire from its obscure beginnings in Victorian London to the financial crisis of 1987, acclaimed author Ron Chernow paints a fascinating portrait of the family’s private saga and the rarefied world of the American and British elite in which they moved—a world that included Charles Lindbergh, Henry Ford, Franklin Roosevelt, Nancy Astor, and Winston Churchill. A masterpiece of financial history—it was awarded the 1990 National Book Award for Nonfiction and selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 Best Nonfiction Books of the Twentieth Century—The House of Morgan is a compelling account of a remarkable institution and the men who ran it. It is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the money and power behind the major historical events of the last 150 years.

J.P. Morgan - The Life and Deals of America's Banker

Author : Jr MacGregor
Publisher : Cac Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781950010295
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book J.P. Morgan - The Life and Deals of America's Banker written by Jr MacGregor and published by Cac Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: J.P. Morgan is more than just the name on one of the largest banks in America. He altered the course of American finance and was the chief financier for the strategic interests of the titans of the day, like Rockefeller. He financed new and ingenious technologies developed by Thomas Edison and was a visionary who saw the potential in Nikola Tesla.

The Great Pierpont Morgan

Author : Frederick Lewis Allen
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504037499
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book The Great Pierpont Morgan written by Frederick Lewis Allen and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2016-07-05 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revealing biography of J. P. Morgan, one of the most powerful and enigmatic financiers in history, from bestselling author Frederick Lewis Allen. Celebrated as a titan of industry by some and decried as a monopolizing robber baron by others, John Pierpont Morgan was without a doubt a dominant player in American finance at the turn of the twentieth century. He founded U.S. Steel, a conglomeration of leading steel and iron producers, which was the nation’s largest coast-to-coast railroad system, and the first company to be worth more than $1 billion. Morgan was also instrumental in developing the Federal Reserve after working with political leaders to prevent a potentially devastating fiscal crisis in 1907. Indeed, he was a driving force in the modernization of American business, and the effects of his acumen and foresight continue to resonate today—on Wall Street and beyond. Additionally, known for his displays of wealth and power, Morgan was a prominent figure of the New York society scene—a member of the original one percent—as well as a notable art connoisseur with a sizable collection now housed in Manhattan’s lavish Morgan Library & Museum, once his own private library. In this meticulously researched and comprehensive biography, Frederick Lewis Allen, former editor of Harper’s magazine and author of Only Yesterday, delves into the life and character of a fascinating, multidimensional man. Allen also probes the evolution of the business landscape during Morgan’s lifetime, when giant corporations with unparalleled economies of scale began to absorb and replace smaller competitors. This richly detailed portrait of a man whose name is inseparable from American finance is essential reading for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of banking and business history.

J.P. Morgan, a Biography

Author : Stanley Jackson
Publisher : Scarborough House
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book J.P. Morgan, a Biography written by Stanley Jackson and published by Scarborough House. This book was released on 1983 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Personal Librarian

Author : Marie Benedict
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593101545
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (931 download)

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Download or read book The Personal Librarian written by Marie Benedict and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Instant New York Times Bestseller! A Good Morning America* Book Club Pick! Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR! Named a Notable Book of the Year by the Washington Post! “Historical fiction at its best!”* A remarkable novel about J. P. Morgan’s personal librarian, Belle da Costa Greene, the Black American woman who was forced to hide her true identity and pass as white in order to leave a lasting legacy that enriched our nation, from New York Times bestselling authors Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray. In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J. P. Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books, and artwork for his newly built Pierpont Morgan Library. Belle becomes a fixture in New York City society and one of the most powerful people in the art and book world, known for her impeccable taste and shrewd negotiating for critical works as she helps create a world-class collection. But Belle has a secret, one she must protect at all costs. She was born not Belle da Costa Greene but Belle Marion Greener. She is the daughter of Richard Greener, the first Black graduate of Harvard and a well-known advocate for equality. Belle’s complexion isn’t dark because of her alleged Portuguese heritage that lets her pass as white—her complexion is dark because she is African American. The Personal Librarian tells the story of an extraordinary woman, famous for her intellect, style, and wit, and shares the lengths she must go to—for the protection of her family and her legacy—to preserve her carefully crafted white identity in the racist world in which she lives.

Business Biographies and Memoirs - Titans of Industry

Author : J. R. MacGregor
Publisher : Cac Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781950010370
Total Pages : 936 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Business Biographies and Memoirs - Titans of Industry written by J. R. MacGregor and published by Cac Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2019-06-24 with total page 936 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The five 'Titans of Industry' discussed in this series are, without a doubt, the most influential and impactful men in American history. Without any one of them, the entire landscape of the US would be different. They are the founders of the American economy. We live in a world today that is based on the actions of John D. Rockefeller. Everything we do and how we live are the result of oil and its power. J.P. Morgan is more than just the name on one of the largest banks in America; He built the financial world we live in today. Henry Ford not only revolutionized the automobile industry, but the assembly line he created has changed the way the entire world thinks about manufacturing. Grab a copy, pull up a chair, pour your favorite reading beverage, and dive into the lives of the men who built America.

The Life Story of J. Pierpont Morgan

Author : Carl Hovey
Publisher : New York : Sturgis & Walton Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.L/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Life Story of J. Pierpont Morgan written by Carl Hovey and published by New York : Sturgis & Walton Company. This book was released on 1911 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Last Man Standing

Author : Duff McDonald
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439109710
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Last Man Standing written by Duff McDonald and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-10-06 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the midst of the most disastrous economic climate of Wall Street’s history, one executive has weathered the storm more deftly than any other: Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase. In 2008, while Dimon’s competitors watched their companies crumble, JPMorgan not only survived, it made an astonishing $5 billion profit. Dimon’s continued triumph in the face of an industry-wide meltdown has made him a paragon of finance. In Last Man Standing, award-winning journalist Duff McDonald provides an unprecedented and deeply personal look at the extraordinary figure behind JPMorgan’s success. Using countless hours of interviews with Dimon and his full circle of friends, family, and colleagues, this definitive biography is by far the most comprehensive portrait of the man known as the Savior of Wall Street. Now, in an updated prologue, McDonald offers insight into the future of Wall Street and how Dimon will overcome the challenge of aggressive new regulation from Washington—and how he plans to continue to thrive as the world’s preeminent banker.

The Life Story of J. Pierpont Morgan

Author : Carl Hovey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781484882917
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (829 download)

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Download or read book The Life Story of J. Pierpont Morgan written by Carl Hovey and published by . This book was released on 2013-05-03 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the turn of the last century, the American public, beyond the confines of Wall Street began to "take notice" of J. Pierpont Morgan. There was just enough mystery about his personality to make the quest for the facts of his career fascinating and absorbing, but when the facts were not forthcoming the newspaper romancers resorted to fiction. So it came about that the accepted portrait of J. P. Morgan was a strange blending of stern reality and vain imaginings. The years have only added to the impressiveness of his stature in the world of finance. The formation of the United States Steel Corporation in 1901 and the important part played by him in averting disaster during the panic of 1907 made him a national figure. He had been fifty years in "getting to the top" and at the time of life when many men were retiring from business... he had hardly reached the fullness of his powers. It has been said, at that time in his life, not more than fifty men in the financial district of New York claimed any personal acquaintance with J. P. Morgan. Yet the things that he has accomplished are of record and they are of surpassing interest. In "The Life Story of J. Pierpont Morgan," Carl Hovey goes back to J. P. Morgan's early life and business beginnings and shows that while family influence was important in giving him his start, the man himself was solely responsible for the use that he made of opportunities in a career that has resulted in something more than individual profit or advantage. J. P. Morgan is respected by some and feared by others, not because of his personal millions, but because of the control that he exercises over countless other millions. This book goes far toward revealing the secret of this extraordinary power.

Gentlemen Bankers

Author : Susie J. Pak
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674075579
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Gentlemen Bankers written by Susie J. Pak and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2013-06-10 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gentlemen Bankers investigates the social and economic circles of one of America’s most renowned and influential financiers to uncover how the Morgan family’s power and prestige stemmed from its unique position within a network of local and international relationships. At the turn of the twentieth century, private banking was a personal enterprise in which business relationships were a statement of identity and reputation. In an era when ethnic and religious differences were pronounced and anti-Semitism was prevalent, Anglo-American and German-Jewish elite bankers lived in their respective cordoned communities, seldom interacting with one another outside the business realm. Ironically, the tacit agreement to maintain separate social spheres made it easier to cooperate in purely financial matters on Wall Street. But as Susie Pak demonstrates, the Morgans’ exceptional relationship with the German-Jewish investment bank Kuhn, Loeb & Co., their strongest competitor and also an important collaborator, was entangled in ways that went far beyond the pursuit of mutual profitability. Delving into the archives of many Morgan partners and legacies, Gentlemen Bankers draws on never-before published letters and testimony to tell a closely focused story of how economic and political interests intersected with personal rivalries and friendships among the Wall Street aristocracy during the first half of the twentieth century.

Rebel Raider

Author : James A. Ramage
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813146348
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Rebel Raider written by James A. Ramage and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2014-04-23 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The first full biography of the famous Confederate cavalry leader from Kentucky. It provides fresh, unpublished information on all aspects of Morgan's life and furnishes a new perspective on the Civil War. In a highly original interpretation, Ramage portrays Morgan as a revolutionary guerrilla chief. Using the tactics of guerrilla war and making his own rules, Morgan terrorized federal provost marshals in an independent campaign to protect Confederate sympathizers in Kentucky. He killed pickets and used the enemy uniform as a disguise, frequently masquerading as a Union officer. Employing civilians in the fighting, he set off a cycle of escalating violence which culminated in an unauthorized policy of retaliation by his command on the property of Union civilians. To many southerners, Morgan became the prime model of a popular movement for guerrilla warfare that led to the Partisan Ranger Act. For Confederates he was the ideal romantic cavalier, the "Francis Marion of the War," and they make him a folk hero who was especially adored by women. Discerning fact from folklore, Ramage describes Morgan's strengths and weaknesses and suggests that excessive dependence on his war bride contributed to his declining success. The author throws new light on the Indiana-Ohio Raid and the suspenseful escape from the Ohio Penitentiary and unravels the mysteries around Morgan's death in Greeneville, Tennessee. Rebel Raider also shows how in the popular mind John Hunt Morgan was deified as a symbol of the Lost Cause.

The Morgans

Author : Vincent P. Carosso
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674587298
Total Pages : 940 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (872 download)

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Download or read book The Morgans written by Vincent P. Carosso and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 940 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The House of Morgan personified economic power in the late 19th/early 20th centuries. Carosso constructs an in-depth account of the evolution, operations, and management of the Morgan banks at London, New York, Philadelphia, and Paris, from the time Junius Spencer Morgan left Boston for London to the death of his son, John Pierpont Morgan.

Morgan Grenfell, 1838-1988

Author : Kathleen Burk
Publisher : Clarendon Press
ISBN 13 : 9780198283065
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Morgan Grenfell, 1838-1988 written by Kathleen Burk and published by Clarendon Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the arresting 150-year story of one of the oldest and most illustrious merchant banks and of the men who made it. Founded in 1838 by an American, George Peabody, Morgan Grenfell quickly became the most important American banking house in London, and by the turn of the century held an unrivalled position as part of the most powerful investment bank in the world. The book chronicles its role in financing theoverseas purchases of Britain and her allies during the First World War, in taking the lead amongst the private London bankers in reconstructing Europe during the 1920s, and in pioneering the new field of corporate finance. In the 1980s Morgan Grenfell took off with a substantial rise in profits andan extraordinarily powerful Corporate Finance Department: an epilogue summarises recent events to the end of 1988 when it decided to exit from securities in London and to concentrate on developing its areas of traditional strength. Based on a wide range of original sources, this book is unmatched as a banking history: no other book combines the unrestricted access to the bank's archives afforded to the author with a narrative of events up to the 1980s.

The Hour of Fate

Author : Susan Berfield
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1635572479
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (355 download)

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Download or read book The Hour of Fate written by Susan Berfield and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting narrative of Wall Street buccaneering, political intrigue, and two of American history's most colossal characters, struggling for mastery in an era of social upheaval and rampant inequality. It seemed like no force in the world could slow J. P. Morgan's drive to power. In the summer of 1901, the financier was assembling his next mega-deal: Northern Securities, an enterprise that would affirm his dominance in America's most important industry-the railroads. Then, a bullet from an anarchist's gun put an end to the business-friendly presidency of William McKinley. A new chief executive bounded into office: Theodore Roosevelt. He was convinced that as big business got bigger, the government had to check the influence of the wealthiest or the country would inch ever closer to collapse. By March 1902, battle lines were drawn: the government sued Northern Securities for antitrust violations. But as the case ramped up, the coal miners' union went on strike and the anthracite pits that fueled Morgan's trains and heated the homes of Roosevelt's citizens went silent. With millions of dollars on the line, winter bearing down, and revolution in the air, it was a crisis that neither man alone could solve. Richly detailed and propulsively told, The Hour of Fate is the gripping story of a banker and a president thrown together in the crucible of national emergency even as they fought in court. The outcome of the strike and the case would change the course of our history. Today, as the country again asks whether saving democracy means taming capital, the lessons of Roosevelt and Morgan's time are more urgent than ever. Winner of the 2021 Theodore Roosevelt Association Book Prize Finalist for the Presidential Leadership Book Award

J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1867-1943

Author : John Douglas Forbes
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1867-1943 written by John Douglas Forbes and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 1981 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Life and Legend of E. H. Harriman

Author : Maury Klein
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807860778
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book The Life and Legend of E. H. Harriman written by Maury Klein and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2003-06-19 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To Americans living in the early twentieth century, E. H. Harriman was as familiar a name as J. P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, and Andrew Carnegie. Like his fellow businessmen, Harriman (1847-1909) had become the symbol for an entire industry: Morgan stood for banking, Rockefeller for oil, Carnegie for iron and steel, and Harriman for railroads. Here, Maury Klein offers the first in-depth biography in more than seventy-five years of this influential yet surprisingly understudied figure. A Wall Street banker until age fifty, Harriman catapulted into the railroad arena in 1897, gaining control of the Union Pacific Railroad as it emerged from bankruptcy and successfully modernizing every aspect of its operation. He went on to expand his empire by acquiring large stakes in other railroads, including the Southern Pacific and the Baltimore and Ohio, in the process clashing with such foes as James J. Hill, J. P. Morgan, and Theodore Roosevelt. With its new insights into the myths and controversies that surround Harriman's career, this book reasserts his legacy as one of the great turn-of-the-century business titans. Originally published 2000. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.