Thursday, April 23, 2009
5 titans
This item appeared in the 15-16 July 2006 edition of the Wall Street Jounal.
William Randolph Hearst biographer David Nasaw Five Best column recommends five of his favorite biographies of business moguls:
1. Titan. (1998). Ron Chernow on John D Rockefeller, Sr.
2. Morgan. (1999). Jean Strouse.
3. The Colonel. (1997). Richard Norton Smith's on Robert Rutherford McCormick
4. Orson Welles. (v.1: 1997; v.2: 2006). Simon Callow.
5. Why Sinatra Matters. (1998). Pete Hamill.
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