02847nam 22005894a 450 991045518690332120200520144314.01-280-34096-797866103409650-470-24294-90-471-00935-0(CKB)111056485582960(EBL)117538(OCoLC)70744341(SSID)ssj0000185942(PQKBManifestationID)11182066(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000185942(PQKBWorkID)10218945(PQKB)10695782(MiAaPQ)EBC117538(Au-PeEL)EBL117538(CaPaEBR)ebr10001729(CaONFJC)MIL34096(EXLCZ)9911105648558296020000523d2001 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrJohn Jacob Astor[electronic resource] America's first multimillionaire /Axel MadsenNew York John Wileyc20011 online resource (321 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-471-38503-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 304-306) and index.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; IndexOn 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'sBusinesspeopleUnited StatesBiographyUnited StatesEconomic conditionsTo 1865Electronic books.Businesspeople380.1/092BMadsen Axel449449MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455186903321John Jacob Astor2234943UNINA