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This is the story of an American dynasty. It is the story of the father, who built the fortune. Of the son, who cleansed the name. Of the Brothers, who manipulated both the name and the fortune to their own ends. And of the Cousins, who often wish they had inherited neither. Through four generations, the name has been synonymous with great wealth: through three, with great works. Now, in the fourth generation, the dynasty has begun to crumble. But the story of that dynasty is a saga of immense dimensions, a saga inextricably interwoven with a hundred years of American history. For the rise of the dynasty to its preeminent place parallels this country's rise to world power, and the growth of the family's fortune interlocks with a century of unprecedented national wealth. Against a richly detailed backdrop of history, the story of this unique American family unfolds. It begins with Senior, who amassed a fortune amid the muck and disorder of the Pennsylvania oil fields and left his son, Mr. Junior, to deal with the public outcry. It follows Junior as he built the charities and foundations that made the name a public institution. And it tracks the lives of Junior’s sons, the five Rocke

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Author

"Collier, Peter, 1939-;Horowitz, David, 1939- joint author"

Publisher

Holt, Rinehart and Winston

Published

1976

Language

EN

ISBN

9780030083716

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, Memoir, Political

Rating

3.76 / 5 (13 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14