![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This period deserves more than what Chernow is able to devote to it. There is something almost too facile in his descriptions of the 19th century, described simply as an era of new businesses that required capital far beyond the resources of any wealthy individual or family. The account is full of little details that highlight that these people were human: Peabody’s vindictiveness and miserliness towards specific individuals while pursuing grand acts of philanthropy, the way that Junius Spencer Morgan had all his son Pierpont’s letters on political and economic conditions in America bound and set on his shelf, Pierpont’s attention to appropriate attire (a bowler in winter, a Panama hat in summer), and Jack’s retainers snipping Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s photos from Jack’s morning paper, in deference to his high blood pressure and hatred of Roosevelt.Ĭhernow is, however, less adroit at delving into the economic and financial millieu that these individuals inhabited. A Review of Ron Chernow’s House of MorganĬhernow does an exemplary job of capturing the personalities of his subjects: he brings to vivid life such individuals as Junius Spencer Morgan, George Peabody, and of course, John Pierpont Morgan himself. ![]()
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