American financier, in which she chronicles morgans career as founder of general electric, u. Pierpont morgan bestrode the financial world like a colossus. Strouse quotes the french critic jean baudrillard, who wrote of the kind of collector who wishes to stand alone surrounded by exquisite objects like the sultan of a secret seraglio. She has been president of the society of american historians, a. Jean strouse is the author of alice james, a biography, which won the bancroft prize in american history and diplomacy, and morgan, american financier. Morgan, was a unique, complex and historically significant person and his complexities and contributions to american society on numerous fronts are beautifully documented in this book. Morgan was also a voracious collector of art, statues, rare books and manuscripts. American financier pdf, epub, docx and torrent then this site is not for you. The book focused on the life of american businessmen j. American financier as well as alice james, which won the bancroft prize. Steel, and vast railroad empires, he served for decades as americas unofficial central banker. Kindle store go search best sellers gift ideas new releases deals. American financier by jean strouse 816 pages random house published. She has been president of the society of american historians, a consultant oral historian to.
In this beautifully crafted account, drawn from more than a decades work in newly available archives, the awardwinning biographer jean strouse animates morgans life and times to reveal the entirely human character behind the often terrifying visage. March 1999 when published in 1999, jean strouse s morgan. Aug 01, 2012 jean strouse is the author of alice james, a biography, which won the bancroft prize in american history and diplomacy, and morgan, american financier. Those pictures were taken by the photographer, edward steichen, in 1903. If youre looking for a free download links of morgan. Morgan s artistic and financial drives may have been rooted in the same. Pierpoint morgan as the financial moses of the new world. Brilliantly crafted, epic in scope, morgan reveals a man we have never seen before, offering new insights on the culture, political struggles, and social. Apr 08, 2011 noted biographer jean strouse has won the bancroft prize and received fellowships from the guggenheim memorial foundation and the national endowments for the humanities and arts. Her work has appeared in major magazines including the new yorker and newsweek. As americans cope with the social and industrial changes wrought by the computer age, we seem ready to view with more sympathy the men who shaped the similarly. Pierpont morgan alive like few can or have ever really.
In the introduction to her authoritative new biography of john pierpont morgan 183719, jean strouse. Jean strouse is the author of morgan, american financier and alice james, a biography, which won the bancroft prize in american history and diplomacy. Brilliantly crafted, epic in scope, morgan reveals a man we have never seen before, offering new insights on the culture, political struggles, and social conflicts of americas gilded age. Iscriviti a prime ciao, accedi account e liste accedi account e liste resi e ordini iscriviti a prime carrello. American financier jean strouse audio book torrent free download, 3274. Politicians, lawyers, clerks, reporters, and the casual visitors who had come to watch t. She is currently writing a book about john singer sargent s wertheimer portraits. The morgan who emerges from these pages is, for all his hard ambition and ruthlessness, not merely ruthless and greedy.
Jean strouse born 1945 is an american biographer, cultural administrator, and critic. Pierpont morgan s tumultuous life, both in and out of the public eye history has remembered him as a complex and contradictory figure. Pierpont morgan s tumultuous life, both in and out of the public eye history has remembered him as a complex and contradictory figure, part robber baron and part patron saint. Examines the private life and public career of financier j.
She is best known for her biographies of diarist alice james and financier j. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading morgan. American financier was the first fullscale biography of j. American financier kindle edition by strouse, jean. American financier by jean strouse overview national bestseller the definitive fullscale portrait of j. He was also called a beefy, redfaced, thicknecked financial bully, drunk with wealth and power. Pierpont morgan s arrival took the quiet chamber by surprise.
To separate the legend from the man, jean strouse uses a wealth of uncataloged biographical documents from the pierpoint morgan library. Strouse is also the author of alice james, a biography which won the bancroft prize in american history and diplomacy. American financier by strouse, jean and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. In this extraordinary book, drawing extensively on new material, awardwinning biographer jean strouse vividly portrays the financial colossus, the avid patron of the arts, and the entirely human character behind all the myths. She is currently writing a book about john singer sargents wertheimer portraits. Jean strouse won the bancroft prize in american history and diplomacy for her biography alice james.
Pierpoint morgan in the full context of his childhood and health, travels and tastes, personal affairs and business relationships. Jean strouse has made a bold attempt to capture the essence of the man whose ideas shaped americas economy from the civil war up through, at least, the new deal. Pierpont morgans tumultuous life, both in and out of the public eye. In morgan, she creates the first complete portrait of a man who defined american commerce and banking. Morgan april 17, 1837 march 31, 19 was an american financier and banker who dominated corporate. She was a book critic at newsweek magazine from 1979 to 1983, and won a macarthur fellowship in september, 2001. The great rewards of strouse s book are her correction of a multitude of errors perpetuated by morgan s hagiographers and enemies and her enormously detailed account of the rapidly changing social, industrial and political world in an era when america became the most. Sep 09, 2014 jean strouse is the author of alice james, a biography, which won the bancroft prize in american history and diplomacy, and morgan, american financier. American financier by strouse, jean 1st first edition 1999 hardcover. Strouse did not content herself with going back a generation or two, reading previous studies and opinions of morgan, and calling it research. Strouse spent more than 10 years researching her latest work, and readers are rewarded with numerous nuggets about the colorful people who surrounded morgan.
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American financier by jean strouse 1999, hardcover at the best online prices at. Often celebrated as the ideal capitalist or excoriated as the robber baron who most epitomized the excesses and iniquities of the gilded age, j. American financier by random house, jean strouse online at alibris. She talked about morgans career as the founder of general electric. Morgan, who created some of the nations greatest industrial trusts, amassed a remarkable art collection, and became a oneman federal reserve. He was just starting out as a photographer and morgan was sitting for a portraithaving his portrait painted.
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