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The first in a two-volume, full-length biography of Nelson Rockefeller offers a complex portrait of the energetic, ruthless, and magnetic politician, statesman, capitalist, and public figure, based on government archives, hundreds of interviews, and family papers. 35,000 first printing. Tour.
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the biographer's art, The Life of Nelson A. Rockefeller is the first full-length biography of one of the most powerful, magnetic, fascinating figures on the twentieth-century stage.
Of all the great American dynastic families, few could match the combined wealth, power, and influence of the Rockefellers. And of all the Rockefellers, none was more determined to use these advantages than Nelson A. Rockefeller.
Nelson was never content to live off the fame and fortune due him as a Rockefeller. His imperious grandfather, John D. Rockefeller, and intimidating father, John Jr., set standards and boundaries that Nelson blithely ignored. He pushed for position within the family, and then broke a family taboo by taking his ambition to the forbidden world of politics. A devoted family man, he took many lovers with an almost casual sense of droit du seigneur. He surrounded himself with brilliant, devoted subordinates; he flattered and cajoled more powerful peo
Titolo: The Life of Nelson A. Rockefeller: Worlds to...
Casa editrice: Doubleday
Data di pubblicazione: 1996
Legatura: Hardcover
Condizione: Very Good
Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good
autografato: Signed by Author(s)
Edizione: First Edition, First Printing
Da: Cape Cod Booksellers, Yarmouth, MA, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good+. First Edition. Doubleday, 1996, First Edition, 8vo, 875 pages, illustrations. Inscribed and signed by author on title page. Book and jacket in very good+ condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author. Codice articolo GD05957BC12S2
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Da: Hellertown Books, Hellertown, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. Signed by Author(s). Codice articolo 24056H81207
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Da: Monroe Street Books, Middlebury, VT, U.S.A.
Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 896 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Otherwise, clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 470478. Codice articolo 470478
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