TheHouseofMorgan_AnAmericanBankingDynast.epub

Critical Acclaim for Ron Chernow’s The House of Morgan , WINNER OF THE 1990 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NON- FICTION: “The House of Morgan offers a long look at how the contemporary financial landscape came into being. . . . A panoramic and well-researched look at the most powerful family of banks in America over the last century . . . Chernow has a supple, refined style.” —The Washington Post Book World “Chernow presents fresh portraits of the Morgans and the brilliant senior partners who made the bank an international powerhouse. . . . He dishes up enough scandal, tragedy, and intrigue for a TV miniseries.” —USA Today “A brilliant, generation-spanning history of the Morgan banking empire, which offers a wealth of social and political as well as economic perspectives. . . . He writes in a lively, definite fashion that could make the exhaustively documented account the standard reference for specialists as well as lay readers.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Entertaining and meticulously researched . . . pulls aside the cloak of mystery that has long surrounded this powerful American institution . . . that wielded far more power than......