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John Jacob Astor : America's first multimillionaire

A riveting biography of John Jacob Astor, the first American multinational entrepreneur. At his death in 1848, John Jacob Astor was the richest man in the United States. Ruthless, tight fisted but with an amazing gift for organizing businesses, Astor built an empire that spanned the commercial world of his time
eBook, English, ©2001
John Wiley & Sons, New York, ©2001
Biographies
1 online resource (vii, 312 pages) : illustrations, portraits
9780471009351, 9780471385035, 9780470242940, 9781280340963, 0471009350, 0471385034, 0470242949, 1280340967
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Cover
John Jacob Astor
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 The Hard Years
2 Flutes and Miss Todd
3 Into the Woods
4 Politics
5 Rounding Out the Century
6 China Profits
7 Realpolitik
8 Punqua Wingchong
9 Family
10 The Good Ship Enterprise
11 A Perfect Triangle
12 Outbound
13 The Hunt Journey
14 No News
15 Mr. Madison 's War
16 "So Long as I Have a Dollar "
17 John Jacob Astor & Son
18 Paris
19 This Land Is My Land
20 Estimable Grand-Papa
21 The Bigger Picture
22 Writing about It
23 A Third Fortune
24 Richest Man in America
25 Heirs and Graces
Notes
Bibliography