John D. Rockefeller. Industrialist and philanthropist

In the book proposed, the author of Allan Nevins analyzes the multifaceted, but at the same time in a certain sense the limited personality of John D. Rockefeller. Children"s years, extraordinary parents, the beginning of the path in business, where there were many things: the bribery of officials and the ruin of competitors - in a word, everything that characterizes the first stage of wild capitalism. But at the same time, from the first days of his activity, Rockefeller sacrificed a lot and consistently both the church community and, later, to the fund that still exists and bears his name. This book reveals the secrets of how one person managed to concentrate in his personality such a powerful influence on the fate of all mankind