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Rated: 2 times. Average rating 4
Description
Offers in-depth profiles of five men who played a key role in America's financial history and development, including Alexander Hamilton, Nicholas Biddle, Jay Cooke, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan, examining their diverse attitudes toward money and their influence on American commerce and politics.
Books by H. W. Brands:
- The Money Men (2006)
- Traitor to His Class (2008)
- Andrew Jackson (2006)
- Lone star nation (2004)
- The Murder of Jim Fisk for the Love of Josie Mansfield (2011)
- The Man Who Saved the Union (2012)
