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John D. Rockefeller Jr.

by Fosdick, Raymond
Published by : Harper and Brothers, Publishers (New York) Physical details: 477 p. Year: 1956
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900 - 999 923.373 Fos (Browse shelf) Available Gift 24965

Includes Index




The family background --
Boyhood days --
College years --
The upperclassman --
26 Broadway --
The maturing years --
The years of decision --
The Colorado strike --
A new voice in industrial relations --
Father and son --
"A life, not a creed" --
The Stewart case --
The eighteenth amendment --
Rockefeller Center --
Wlliamsburg --
Parks and conservation --
"Beauty in the well-rounded life" --
Restoration projects --
Education and research --
"That brotherhood may prevail" --
"A life of crowded variety" --
The man himself --
Epilogue.

This is the story of a man whose life has been pitted against the subtle adversities of great wealth and influence.