The History of the Standard Oil Company, Volume I

by Ida M. (Ida Minerva)

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. This text refers to the Bibliobazaar edition.

Genres: History, Politics

458 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1904

Reviews

[Jamie from The Doer Co · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just finished this as a Librivox audioboook. If you're interested at all in the history of the Rockefellers, Flaglers, or Vanderbilts this is an interesting read. The writing style is very approachable even though the book was written decades ago.

[Gregory · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fascinating insight into the inner workings of the early days of the oil industry---The Standard Oil Company in particular.

[Robert K · Rating 2 out of 5]

I had high expectations for this book but sadly Ida Tarbell was not a storyteller but rather an accumulator of facts that left me still not knowing exactly what John D. Rockefeller did or did not do to establish his reputation. I like someone like Erik Larson who can weave a tapestry of facts into a fine story.

[Carol Spears · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was pretty interesting stuff. I was aware of the existence of this book and then became very curious to read it after reading Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged which was a celebration of the ideal American Industrialist.

So, anyways, Ahhh, the power of a two party system (be it socialism or captialism), the parties being "those who have a lot and those who don't have as much or any".

[Leslie Zunker · Rating 3 out of 5]

Still can't get a handle on John D. (getting ready to start my third book on him). Quite the paradoxical enigma. This book gets a little tedious in places. Overall, very informative and easy to read.