John D. Rockefeller, Empire Builder
- ISBN-10
- 0382095839
- ISBN-13
- 9780382095832
- Category
- Capitalists and financiers
- Pages
- 112
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1989
- Publisher
- Silver Burdett Press
- Author
- Ellen Greenman Coffey
Description
A biography of the industrialist who made a fortune in the oil business and later became a famous philanthropist, establishing the Rockefeller Foundation in 1913.
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