Titan

The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.

By: Ron Chernow

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Paperback | 30 March 2004 | Edition Number 2

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National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist

From the acclaimed, award-winning author of Alexander Hamilton: here is the essential, endlessly engrossing biography of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.-the Jekyll-and-Hyde of American capitalism. In the course of his nearly 98 years, Rockefeller was known as both a rapacious robber baron, whose Standard Oil Company rode roughshod over an industry, and a philanthropist who donated money lavishly to universities and medical centers. He was the terror of his competitors, the bogeyman of reformers, the delight of caricaturists-and an utter enigma.

Drawing on unprecedented access to Rockefeller's private papers, Chernow reconstructs his subjects' troubled origins (his father was a swindler and a bigamist) and his single-minded pursuit of wealth. But he also uncovers the profound religiosity that drove him "to give all I could"; his devotion to his father; and the wry sense of humor that made him the country's most colorful codger. Titan is a magnificent biography-balanced, revelatory, elegantly written.

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"A biography that has many of the best attributes of a novel. . . . Wonderfully fluent and compelling." --The New York Times

"A triumph of the art of biography. Unflaggingly interesting, it brings John D. Rockefeller Sr. to life through sustained narrative portraiture of the large-scale, nineteenth-century kind." --The New York Times Book Review

"Important and impressive. . . . Reveals the man behind both the mask and the myth." --The Wall Street Journal

"One of the great American biographies. . . . [Chernow] writes with rich impartiality. He turns the machinations of Standard Oil . . . into fascinating social history." --Time

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Foreword	p. xiii
Prelude: Poison Tongue	p. xix
The Flimflam Man	p. 3
Fires of Revival	p. 15
Bound to Be Rich	p. 37
Baptism in Business	p. 63
The Auction	p. 73
The Poetry of the Age	p. 97
Millionaires' Row	p. 119
Conspirators	p. 129
The New Monarch	p. 157
Sphinx	p. 173
The Holy Family	p. 183
Insurrection in the Oil Fields	p. 197
Seat of Empire	p. 217
The Puppeteer	p. 243
Widow's Funeral	p. 271
A Matter of Trust	p. 283
Captains of Erudition	p. 299
Nemesis	p. 331
The Dauphin	p. 347
The Standard Oil Crowd	p. 361
The Enthusiast	p. 397
Avenging Angel	p. 425
Faith of Fools	p. 467
The Millionaires' Special	p. 481
The Codger	p. 501
The World's Richest Fugitive	p. 519
Judgment Day	p. 537
Benevolent Trust	p. 561
Massacre	p. 571
Introvert and Extrovert	p. 591
Confessional	p. 609
Dynastic Succession	p. 621
Past, Present, Future	p. 631
Heirs	p. 649
See You in Heaven	p. 663
Acknowledgments	p. 677
Notes	p. 681
Bibliography	p. 737
Index	p. 751
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