Men of Wealth; The Story of Twelve Significant Fortunes from the Renaissance to the Present Day (Essay Index Reprint Series) (Hardcover)

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 531 pages
• Publisher: Books for Libraries (June 1971)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0836920473
• ISBN-13: 978-0836920475
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,898,545 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars 12 significant fortunes, October 23, 2006

By	Biz Reader (OK, USA) - See all my reviews

This is a book by John T Flynn who wrote with his biased opinion right out in the open. In here you will find 12 concise biographies of these 12 individuals: Fugger The Rich, John Law, The Rothschilds, Robert Owen, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Hetty Green, Mitsui, Cecil Rhodes, Basil Zaharoff, Mark Hanna, John D Rockefeller and JP Morgan. There are 500 pages of some pretty interesting stories that would have been much better if the author could have kept his opinion out of it. He had a negative slant towards everyone he wrote about because he seemed to despise people who had made a lot of money. That being said is the reason I can only give it 3 stars. After getting past the bias the bio's where pretty well written and gave a general overview of their lives and affairs. There wasn't a great deal of business info that you would get from some other writers but I would say there was enough to keep you interested.

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5.0 out of 5 stars bibliographic data provided by EarthTomes:, November 21, 2005

By	Kenneth G. Samson "http://www.bibliomarket.com" (chestertown, md) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Men of wealth ;: The story of twelve significant fortunes from the renaissance to the present day (Hardcover)

Author: Flynn, John Thomas, 1883-1964.
Title: Men of wealth; the story of twelve significant fortunes from the renaissance to the present day / by John T. Flynn.
Publisher: New York : Simon and Schuster, 1941.
Edition Date: 1941
Language: English
Contents: Fugger the Rich.--John Law.--The Rothschilds.--Interlogue one: Cosimo de' Medici, Sir Thomas Gresham, Jacques Coeur. The art and industry of make-up. Writers as money-makers.--Robert Owen.--Cornelius Vanderbilt.--Hetty Green.--Interlogue two: Misers, Poverty.--Mitsui.--Cecil Rhodes.--Basil Zaharoff.--Interlogue three: Hugo Stines, Land fortunes. Dynastic fortunes.--Mark Hanna.--John D. Rockefeller.--J. Pierpont Morgan.
Physical Details: xi, 531, [1] p. : ports. ; 24 cm.
Subjects: Biography.