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Robber Barons Books

The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
Andrew Carnegie
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900
Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Changed America
The Tycoons: How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould and J.P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy
The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance
John Jacob Astor: America's First Multimillionaire
The Myth of the Robber Barons: A New Look at the Rise of Big Business in America
American Rascal: How Jay Gould Built Wall Street's Biggest Fortune
The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism
Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune
Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty
The People's Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American Century
Dark Genius of Wall Street: The Misunderstood Life of Jay Gould, King of the Robber Barons
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Libertarian Guide to American History (fiction and nonfiction)
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U.S. History Reading List
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Jerry Ash
“ What the hell’s the matter with you men? Are you cowards as well as stupid? You boys make me sick. I’m done with you. You hear me? I want you to go back to your places now and stay with your children until I say you’re needed. “Tell your wives and your older children to bring with them dish pans and cooking pots. Tell them to bring their stirring spoons and ladles. Tell them to carry a mop over their shoulders. We’re goin’ to march on that mine and we’re going to stand guard to see that no scabs ...more ”
― Jerry Ash, Hellraiser—Mother Jones: An Historical Novel
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Jerry Ash
“ Democracy is supposed to be ‘of the people, by the people and for the people’. Capitalism is ‘of the capitalist, for the capitalist’. Period. ”
― Jerry Ash, Hellraiser—Mother Jones: An Historical Novel
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