The Big Rich

Author: Bryan Burrough
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143116827
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 482

Book Description
“Full of schadenfreude and speculation—and solid, timely history too.” —Kirkus Reviews “This is a portrait of capitalism as white-knuckle risk taking, yielding fruitful discoveries for the fathers, but only sterile speculation for the sons—a story that resonates with today's economic upheaval.” —Publishers Weekly “What's not to enjoy about a book full of monstrous egos, unimaginable sums of money, and the punishment of greed and shortsightedness?” —The Economist Phenomenal reviews and sales greeted the hardcover publication of The Big Rich, New York Times bestselling author Bryan Burrough's spellbinding chronicle of Texas oil. Weaving together the multigenerational sagas of the industry's four wealthiest families, Burrough brings to life the men known in their day as the Big Four: Roy Cullen, H. L. Hunt, Clint Murchison, and Sid Richardson, all swaggering Texas oil tycoons who owned sprawling ranches and mingled with presidents and Hollywood stars. Seamlessly charting their collective rise and fall, The Big Rich is a hugely entertaining account that only a writer with Burrough's abilities-and Texas upbringing-could have written.

The Good Rich and What They Cost Us

Author: Robert F. Dalzell
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300188889
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 275

Book Description
This timely book holds up for scrutiny a great paradox at the core of the American Dream: a passionate belief in the principle of democracy combined with an equally passionate celebration of the creation of wealth. Americans treasure an open, equal society, yet we also admire those fortunate few who amass riches on a scale that undermines social equality. In today's era of "vulture capitalist" hedge fund managers, internet fortunes, and a growing concern over inequality in American life, should we cling to both parts of the paradox? Can we?/div To understand the problems that vast individual fortunes pose for democratic values, Robert Dalzell turns to American history. He presents an intriguing cast of wealthy individuals from colonial times to the present, including George Washington, one of the richest Americans of his day, the "robber baron" John D. Rockefeller, and Oprah Winfrey, for whom extreme wealth is inextricably tied to social concerns. Dalzell uncovers the sources of contradictory attitudes toward the rich, how the very rich have sought to be perceived as "good rich," and the facts behind the widespread notion that wealth and generosity go hand in hand. In a thoughtful and balanced conclusion, the author explores the cost of our longstanding attitudes toward the rich./divDIV DIV DIVAmong the case studies in America's Good Rich:/divDIVPuritan merchant Robert Keayne/divDIVGeorge Washington/divDIVManufacturers Amos & Abbot Lawrence/divDIVOil magnate John D. Rockefeller/divDIVBill Gates/divDIVWarren Buffet/divDIVSteve Jobs/divDIVOprah Winfrey/div

Who is Rich?

Author: Matthew Klam
Publisher:
ISBN: 0812997980
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 337

Book Description
"The long-awaited first novel from the acclaimed author of Sam the Cat is a provocative and hilarious satire of love, sex, money, and politics in our new gilded age--for readers of The Nix and This Is Where I Leave You"--

Texas Rich

Author: Harry Hurt
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780735101593
Category : Businesspeople
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The saga of H.L. Hunt and the family feud which began with his death focuses on the fortune he made in the oil business and his adventures as a health crank, propagandist, and eccentric patriarch.

Texas Rich

Author: Fern Michaels
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 9780345449597
Category : Austin (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
With more than sixty million copies of her books sold worldwide, "New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels writes big, bold, provocative stories of love and heartbreak, drama and desire that are impossible to put down. Standing out amongst her most treasured works is the breathtaking Texas series. Now for the first time in a new hardcover edition comes "Texas Rich, the extraordinary novel that introduces the unforgettable Coleman family- and the brilliant heroine who began a powerful American dynasty. Young and pretty Billie Ames naively fell for the exciting pilot Moss Coleman at the Philadelphia Navy Yard during World War II. Within a few months she was pregnant, married, and traveling across the country to Austin . . . to the 250,000-acre spread known as Sunbridge and into the tantalizing world of the Texas rich. In a vast land dominated by the industrious Colemans, Billie fights to maintain control of herself and her marriage. This is the captivating story of four generations. There's Moss, living in the shadow of a father whose obsession with power overshadows the needs of his only son; Jessica, the doomed mother who gave up everything to become the perfect Coleman wife; Moss and Billie's children, struggling against the family's legacy while desperately trying to live up to insurmountable expectations; and the grandchildren, heirs to a tarnished empire who just might fulfill their dreams. Most of all this is the triumphant story of Billie Ames Coleman, a woman of courage and strength who holds them all together even as her own life falls apart. In the hands of consummate storyteller Fern Michaels, "Texas Rich sweeps across the twentieth century with seductiveintensity and fiery passion in a tale as magnificent as the land that inspired it.

Fat Cats and Democrats

Author: G. William Domhoff
Publisher: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 212

Book Description

The Big Spenders

Author: Lucius Beebe
Publisher: Hunter Lewis Foundation
ISBN: 9781604190069
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Describes the consumption of the Gilded Age.

The King of Oil

Author: Daniel Ammann
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 9780312570743
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Billionaire oil trader Marc Rich for the first time talks at length about his private life (including his expensive divorce from wife Denise); his invention of the spot oil market which made his fortune and changed the world economy; his lucrative and unpublicized dealings with Ayatollah Khomeini's Iran, Fidel Castro's Cuba, war-ravaged Angola, and apartheid South Africa; his quiet cooperation with the Israeli and U.S. governments (even after he was indicted for tax fraud by Rudy Guiliani) and near-comical attempts by U.S. officials to kidnap him illegally. This sure-to-make-headlines book is the first no-holds-barred biography of Rich, who was famously pardoned by Bill Clinton, and resurfaced in the news during the confirmation hearings of Attorney General Eric Holder. The King of Oil sheds stunning new light on one of the most controversial international businessmen of all time, charting Rich's rise from the Holocaust, which he fled as a young boy, to become the wealthiest and most powerful oil and commodities trader of the century. From his earliest trading days to the present, Marc Rich's story is astonishing and compelling.

Think Big and Grow Rich

Author: Will Edwards
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781983052804
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 121

Book Description
ATTRACT MONEY INTO YOUR LIFE USING THE UNCOMPROMISING LAWS OF WEALTH AND PUT THE TIMELESS, UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLES OF SUCCESS TO WORK FOR YOU If you are serious about wanting to become rich, this book is for you. The experience of many people who failed to manifest their financial goals is strong enough evidence to conclude that the way the law of attraction is usually taught is deficient or incomplete in some way. In this book, you will find the missing information. We present a complete description of the entire process and show how you can use the unerring laws of success to create all the wealth you want. Like every person who created their wealth from scratch, you need to understand the information presented in this life-changing book. Read it, study it, digest and apply the infallible system presented, because natural laws and principles of success are an integral part of our reality and they are waiting for you to make full use of them. Think Rich Grow Rich Manifest Money into Your Life Using the Unfailing Laws of Success The Law of Attraction for Creating Wealth A Full, Correct and Clear Explanation Transform Your Life All the Information You Need It is a completely natural desire to want to become wealthy. We all have that wish because, with plenty of money at our disposal, we can do so many things, both for ourselves and for others. Imagine what that would be like, having all the money you would ever want or need right there in your bank account. At one time or another, we all entertain those thoughts. There are relatively few people, however, that go on to translate their dream into reality. But, becoming wealthy is not a matter of luck, it is not a matter of education, it is not because of a person's background, or anything else that is often cited by people who do not understand how to create wealth. There's no question about it, getting rich is a serious business and those who take it seriously are the people who succeed. They first come to understand that there is no reason they should not become rich, and then they work on developing their understanding of the process. With knowledge of the laws of success and a desire to make it happen, you too can become an unstoppable force as you learn how to steadily attract more and more money into your life. It is quite a claim, however, it is a fact that this book can show you how.

Blood Rich

Author: Jane Wolfe
Publisher: Little Brown
ISBN: 9780316950923
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 346

Book Description
A look at the fortunes and misfortunes of the Wyatt/Sakowitz family describes how the heir to a department store fortune sued his rich uncle and began a family feud that involved murder, drugs, adultery, and divorce. 65,000 first printing. $65,000 ad/promo.