The most revealing look at the american financier 1999 john pierpont j. Pierpont morgan alive like few can or have ever really. Iscriviti a prime ciao, accedi account e liste accedi account e liste resi e ordini iscriviti a prime carrello. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Apr 08, 2011 noted biographer jean strouse has won the bancroft prize and received fellowships from the guggenheim memorial foundation and the national endowments for the humanities and arts.
An american financier book online at best prices in india on. As americans cope with the social and industrial changes wrought by the computer age, we seem ready to view with more sympathy the men who shaped the similarly. In this beautifully crafted account, drawn from more than a decades work in newly available archives, the awardwinning biographer jean strouse animates morgans life and times to reveal the entirely human character behind the often terrifying visage. Strouse spent more than 10 years researching her latest work, and readers are rewarded with numerous nuggets about the colorful people who surrounded morgan. American financier by jean strouse 1999, hardcover at the best online prices at. She was a book critic at newsweek magazine from 1979 to 1983, and won a macarthur fellowship in september, 2001. Jean strouse author of morgan meet your next favorite book.
American financier, by jean strouse read feb 23, 2000 i am not sure it was necessary to read this, since in june of 1994 i read ron chernows superlative the house of morgan. Kindle store go search best sellers gift ideas new releases deals. In the introduction to her authoritative new biography of john pierpont morgan 183719, jean strouse. Pierpoint morgan in the full context of his childhood and health, travels and tastes, personal affairs and business relationships. American financier by strouse, jean 1st first edition 1999 hardcover. Politicians, lawyers, clerks, reporters, and the casual visitors who had come to watch t. He was also called a beefy, redfaced, thicknecked financial bully, drunk with wealth and power.
Morgan april 17, 1837 march 31, 19 was an american financier and banker who dominated corporate. Steel, and vast railroad empires, he served for decades as americas unofficial central banker. She is best known for her biographies of diarist alice james and financier j. She talked about morgans career as the founder of general electric. Audiofreak written by jean strouse read by nelson runger format.
American financier by jean strouse overview national bestseller the definitive fullscale portrait of j. She has been president of the society of american historians, a. In morgan, she creates the first complete portrait of a man who defined american commerce and banking. To separate the legend from the man, jean strouse uses a wealth of uncataloged biographical documents from the pierpoint morgan library. Often celebrated as the ideal capitalist or excoriated as the robber baron who most epitomized the excesses and iniquities of the gilded age, j. American financier jean strouse audio book torrent free download, 3274. 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. Pierpoint morgan as the financial moses of the new world. If youre looking for a free download links of morgan. The morgan who emerges from these pages is, for all his hard ambition and ruthlessness, not merely ruthless and greedy.
She is currently writing a book about john singer sargents wertheimer portraits. Those pictures were taken by the photographer, edward steichen, in 1903. He was just starting out as a photographer and morgan was sitting for a portraithaving his portrait painted. The book focused on the life of american businessmen j. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading morgan. Jean strouse is the author of alice james, a biography, which won the bancroft prize in american history and diplomacy, and morgan, american financier. American financier by jean strouse 816 pages random house published. She is currently writing a book about john singer sargent s wertheimer portraits. American financier pdf, epub, docx and torrent then this site is not for you. Strouse did not content herself with going back a generation or two, reading previous studies and opinions of morgan, and calling it research. 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. March 1999 when published in 1999, jean strouse s morgan.
Morgan, was a unique, complex and historically significant person and his complexities and contributions to american society on numerous fronts are beautifully documented in this book. American financier, in which she chronicles morgans career as founder of general electric, u. Morgan, who created some of the nations greatest industrial trusts, amassed a remarkable art collection, and became a oneman federal reserve. Examines the private life and public career of financier j. Pierpont morgan bestrode the financial world like a colossus. Her work has appeared in major magazines including the new yorker and newsweek. American financier as well as alice james, which won the bancroft prize. Morgan was also a voracious collector of art, statues, rare books and manuscripts. American financier by random house, jean strouse online at alibris. This book concentrates on the by far most colorful morgan, j. Brilliantly crafted, epic in scope, morgan reveals a man we have never seen before, offering new insights on the culture, political struggles, and social conflicts of americas gilded age. Pierpont morgan s tumultuous life, both in and out of the public eye history has remembered him as a complex and contradictory figure. Pierpont morgans tumultuous life, both in and out of the public eye. In this extraordinary book, drawing extensively on new material, awardwinning biographer jean strouse vividly portrays the financial colossus, the avid patron of the arts, and the entirely human character behind all the myths.
Morgan s artistic and financial drives may have been rooted in the same. Jean strouse born 1945 is an american biographer, cultural administrator, and critic. Jean strouse won the bancroft prize in american history and diplomacy for her biography alice james. Strouse is also the author of alice james, a biography which won the bancroft prize in american history and diplomacy. Jean strouse is the author of morgan, american financier and alice james, a biography, which won the bancroft prize in american history and diplomacy. American financier by strouse, jean and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. She has been president of the society of american historians, a consultant oral historian to. Pierpont morgan s arrival took the quiet chamber by surprise. American financier was the first fullscale biography of j. Aug 01, 2012 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 character behind all the myths. American financier book online at best prices in india on. Brilliantly crafted, epic in scope, morgan reveals a man we have never seen before, offering new insights on the culture, political struggles, and social.
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