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This wasn't a bad book, but I suspect that anyone that reads it will be disheartened by the end of its' final chapter.
It outlines the life of John D Rockefeller Sr., who went from a booking clerk (of dubious parentage on his father's side, his father being little more than a confidence trickster) to the world's richest man, and biggest philanthropist.
The book was depressing because Rockerfeller, while undoubtedly a generous philanthropist, and wiley businessman (both of which are well documented), he broke the spirit of the law (and ideas of competition), even if he didn't break its' letter. When this is coupled with a holier than thou attitude about how he earned his money, and a certain amount of low cunning while he attempted to keep it, and I got depressed by the whole thing.
It outlines the life of John D Rockefeller Sr., who went from a booking clerk (of dubious parentage on his father's side, his father being little more than a confidence trickster) to the world's richest man, and biggest philanthropist.
The book was depressing because Rockerfeller, while undoubtedly a generous philanthropist, and wiley businessman (both of which are well documented), he broke the spirit of the law (and ideas of competition), even if he didn't break its' letter. When this is coupled with a holier than thou attitude about how he earned his money, and a certain amount of low cunning while he attempted to keep it, and I got depressed by the whole thing.
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