Great Estates: The Lifestyles and Homes of American Magnates

by William G. Scheller

Skillfully written and richly illustrated, Barons of Business looks into the lives and fortunes of the ambitious individuals like Calvin Coolidge, who believed that "the business of America is business." Beginning with the colonial era, when trade was overtaking landholding as a way to get rich, Barons of Business follows the restless careers of our most brilliant and driven merchants, industrialists, and financiers as they master a new economic world...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789322501
• ISBN13: 9780789322500
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Universe Publishing Company
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 4.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 10.9" x 12.4"