Rating: 4.5/5 Stars
Rank: 5004

Customer Reviews

9.	A power house full of investment banking history.
	(Taiwan) October 21, 1999 - 5.0/5 stars
	This book simply states that i-bankers to quote a friend of mine "...have always had and still have a unique key role to play in a free market economy." J. Pierpont Morgan the key player in this book comes... read full review
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10.	One of the great books of business history
	(New York) December 3, 1999 - 5.0/5 stars
	A terrific read!Ron Chernow does an excellent job in reviewing the life of the greatest American financier and the legacy he created. A must read for anyone interested in the history of investment banking and... read full review
11.	Historical Gold
	(Oz) April 7, 2002 - 5.0/5 stars
	I have read all four of Chernow's books and, for my money, this is the one to read. Whereas THE WARBURGS sometimes lacks a consistently interesting character to hang the minutiae of narrative detail upon (after a while... read full review

Editorials

	From Publishers Weekly
	J. P. Morgan Sr.'s close relationship with Teddy Roosevelt; his son Jack Morgan's clientele of governments, finance ministers and central banks; and the Morgan realm's split under New Deal legislation are examined in detail... read full editorial
	From Library Journal
	Chernow vividly portrays the influence that the Morgan banks have had on the history of the Western economy since the late 18th century. The epic story of the development of the American industrial experience is inextricably... read full editorial
	Book Description
	The winner of the National Book Award and now considered a classic, The House of Morgan is the most ambitious history ever written about an American banking dynasty. Acclaimed by The Wall Street Journal as "brilliantly... read full editorial

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