The titan book rockefeller5/21/2023 ![]() He was both godly and amoral, a man of devout religious beliefs who absolutely crushed his competition by any means necessary. Rockefeller is remembered today as a ruthless businessman, and also as a major philanthropist, which is apropos. ![]() Rockefeller committed dastardly acts, but he’s not the mustache-twirling villain history has made him out to be. I would have been better served skipping that dreadfully dull class to read this book. At least, that’s the universally-agreed-upon version of the story, but what Chernow reveals in Titan about Rockefeller is much more fascinating and multi-dimensional in this masterpiece biography. ![]() I was in college then, and I took a history course that spanned the robber baron era, when villainous tycoons got over on the public through various shady dealings until America was saved by President Teddy Roosevelt and his trust-busting. ![]()
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