Author: Axel Madsen
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Publisher: Wiley
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0471385034
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John Jacob Astor: America's First Multimillionaire
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"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 . . Read full reviews of Eminent Astorians: From John Jacob Astor to the Salmon Kings (Paperback).
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Eminent Astorians marks the bicentennial of Astoria with nine engaging essays on figures who loom large in Astoria's history. The biographical stories range from Chinook leader Comcomly, who welcomed and protected John Jacob Astor's first adventurers in the fur trade, to the "Salmon Kings," who capitalized on the region's natural bounty a century and a half later. The essays, modeled on Lytton Strachey's literary portraits in Eminent Victorians, are interpretive and rich in context, and the authors are among the most respected writers and scholars in the Northwest today. Stephen Dow Beckham, d
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University Of Nebraska Press | 2003 | 254 pages | ISBN-13: 9780803259492 | ISBN-10: 0803259492 | You save 15%
The nation's first truly international businessman is illuminated in this compelling biography, which takes readers from 1840s America to India and China in search of John Jacob Astor's fortune.
John Jacob Astor Reviews
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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