John Jacob Astor: America's First Multimillionaire

by Axel Madsen (Author), Axel Madsen (Author), Madsen (Author), Myilibrary (Author)

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Illustrated
2001
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On The Deal Maker: How William C. Durant Made General Motors: A well-written biography. -New York Times On Stanwyck: The Life and Times of Barbara Stanwyck: Madsen's admirably researched, insightful portrait of her aloof nature ...reveals she was always torn between her wish to give of herself and her need to be in control. -Christian Science Monitor On Chanel: A Woman of Her Own: Fascinating ...Takes the reader behind the coromandel veneers of Chanel's life. -New York Times Book Review Carefully knits together the complex pattern of Chanel's complicated existence. It's not an easy task. -Toronto Globe and Mail On Gloria and Joe: Axel Madsen finally gives the public a fascinating chronicle of the romance that could have ruined more than two careers. -Dallas Morning News On Cousteau: Both critical and understanding. And it is exceptionally readable. Readers are well advised to take the plunge. -Chicago Tribune On Malraux: Will stand as the best of more than a dozen books about Malraux in print. -Kansas City Star

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On The Deal Maker: How William C. Durant Made General Motors: A well-written biography. -New York Times On Stanwyck: The Life and Times of Barbara Stanwyck: Madsen's admirably researched, insightful portrait of her aloof nature ...reveals she was always torn between her wish to give of herself and her need to be in control. -Christian Science Monitor On Chanel: A Woman of Her Own: Fascinating ...Takes the reader behind the coromandel veneers of Chanel's life. -New York Times Book Review Carefully knits together the complex pattern of Chanel's complicated existence. It's not an easy task. -Toronto Globe and Mail On Gloria and Joe: Axel Madsen finally gives the public a fascinating chronicle of the romance that could have ruined more than two careers. -Dallas Morning News On Cousteau: Both critical and understanding. And it is exceptionally readable. Readers are well advised to take the plunge. -Chicago Tribune On Malraux: Will stand as the best of more than a dozen books about Malraux in print. -Kansas City Star

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 324
Edition: 1
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 16 Jan 2001
ISBN 10: 0471385034
ISBN 13: 9780471385035

Media Reviews

Astor offers a historical insight into a vibrant, growing American economy, as well as a glimpse of a man who made the most of his time here. --USA Today Axel Madsen...does a crisp, straightforward job of situating his subject in early 19th century America, betraying neither covert admiration nor moral outrage. -- The Wall Street Journal Expertly situating his subject's accomplishments in the context of late 18th- and early 19th-century commercial and geopolitical expansion, Madsen ... weighs in with an absorbing biography of one of 19th-century America's most powerful men. --Publishers Weekly

Author Bio

AXEL MADSEN has written fifteen biographies, including Chanel: A Woman of Her Own, Gloria and Joe: The Star-Crossed Love Affair of Gloria Swanson and Joe Kennedy, and The Deal Maker: How William C. Durant Made General Motors (Wiley). He lives in Los Angeles.