John D. Rockefeller: A One-volume AbridgementThe life of the nineteenth- and twentieth-century businessman and philanthropist, tracing his rise from worker to oil multi-millionaire and founder of the Standard Oil Company. |
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CHAPTER PAGE I VENTURE IN OIL | 3 |
THE BIRTH OF STANDARD OIL | 25 |
ROCKEFELLER FINDS NEW ALLIES | 49 |
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