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Breaking Rockefeller: The Incredible Story of the Ambitious Rivals Who Toppled an Oil Empire,Used
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The incredible tale of how ambitious oil rivals Marcus Samuel, Jr. and Henri Deterding joined forces to topple the Standard Oil empireMarcus Samuel, Jr., is an unorthodox Jewish merchant trader. Henri Deterding is a takenoprisoners oilman. In 1889, John D. Rockefeller is at the peak of his power. Having annihilated all competition and possessing neartotal domination of the market, even the U.S. government is wary of challenging the great anaconda of Standard Oil. The Standard never losesthat is until Samuel and Deterding team up to form Royal Dutch Shell.A riveting account of ambition, oil, and greed, Breaking Rockefeller traces Samuels rise from outsider to the heights of the British aristocracy, Deterdings conquest of America, and the collapse of Rockefellers monopoly. The beginning of the twentieth century is a time when vast fortunes were made and lost. Taking readers through the rough and tumble of East Londons streets, the twilight turmoil of czarist Russia, to the halls of the British Parliament, and right down Broadway in New York City, Peter Doran offers a richly detailed, fresh perspective on how Samuel and Deterding beat the worlds richest man at his own game.Gripping . . . timely . . . a vivid reminder of the dangers of monopolies, and of the merits of noholds barred competition and technological upheaval. The Economist
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