American financier was the first fullscale biography of j. Jean strouse is the author of morgan, american financier and alice james, a biography, which won the bancroft prize in american history and diplomacy. American financier, by jean strouse read feb 23, 2000 i am not sure it was necessary to read this, since in june of 1994 i read ron chernows superlative the house of morgan. Strouse is also the author of alice james, a biography which won the bancroft prize in american history and diplomacy. 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 jean strouse, paperback barnes. She is currently writing a book about john singer sargents wertheimer portraits. This book concentrates on the by far most colorful morgan, j. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading morgan.
He had two wives, three yachts, four children, six houses, mistresses, and one of the finest art collections in america. Jean strouse won the bancroft prize in american history and diplomacy for her biography alice james. Her work has appeared in major magazines including the new yorker and newsweek. This graceful, lucid biography shows that, unlike the industrial titans, such as rockefeller and carnegie, as a banker morgan made his millions by inspiring trust among investors. Read morgan american financier by jean strouse available from rakuten kobo. In this extraordinary book, drawing extensively on new material. Download file pdf morgan american financier jean strouse jean strouse morgan american financier sd j. Some of his contemporaries admired his skill at making money, whereas most others despised him. Bancroft prizewinning biographer strouse alice james, 1980 writes. 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. To separate the legend from the man, jean strouse uses a wealth of uncataloged biographical documents from the pierpoint morgan library. Jean strouse born 1945 is an american biographer, cultural administrator, and critic. Download mp3 morgan, an american financier album of strouse.
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