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Learn moreA landmark work from one of the preeminent historians of our time: the first published biography of Andrew W. Mellon, the American colossus who bestrode the worlds of industry, government, and philanthropy, leaving his transformative stamp on each.
Following a boyhood in nineteenth-century Pittsburgh, Andrew Mellon overcame painful shyness to become one of Americaās greatest financiers. Across an unusually diverse range of enterprises, he would build a legendary personal fortune, tracking Americaās course to global economic supremacy. Personal happiness, however, eluded him. He had been bred to do one thing, and that he did with brilliant and innovative entrepreneurship.
Mellonās wealth and name allowed him to dominate Pennsylvania politics, and under presidents Harding, Coolidge, and finally Hoover, he made the federal government run like a business. But this man of straightforward conservative politics was no politician. He would be hailed as the architect of the Roaring Twenties, but, staying too long, would be blamed for the Great Depression, eventually to find himself a broken idol.
David Cannadineās magisterial biography brings to life a towering, controversial figure, casting new light on our history and the evolution of our public values.
David CannadineĀ was born in Birmingham, England, in 1950 and educated at Cambridge, Oxford, and Princeton. He is the editor and author of many acclaimed books, includingĀ The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy,Ā which won the Lionel Trilling Prize and the Governors' Award;Ā Aspects of Aristocracy;Ā G. M. Trevelyan;Ā The Pleasures of the Past; History in Our Time; andĀ Class in Britain. His most recent book is Margaret Thatcher: A Life and Legacy.Ā He has taught at Cambridge and Columbia Universities and has also served as director of the Institute of Historical Research, University of London. He is currently Dodge Professor of History at Princeton University.Ā
John H. MayerĀ is a character actor whose voice has been heard on numerous commercials, animated programs, audio books and narrations including E! EntertainmentāsĀ Celebrity Profiles. John was a five-year member of the Groundlings comedy theater company in Los Angeles. Recent BOT recordings include Cesar MillanāsĀ How to Raise the Perfect Dog,Ā Be a Pack Leader, andĀ Cesarās Way;Ā A Voyage Long and StrangeĀ by Tony Horwitz, andĀ American LighteningĀ by Howard Blum.
David CannadineĀ was born in Birmingham, England, in 1950 and educated at Cambridge, Oxford, and Princeton. He is the editor and author of many acclaimed books, includingĀ The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy,Ā which won the Lionel Trilling Prize and the Governors' Award;Ā Aspects of Aristocracy;Ā G. M. Trevelyan;Ā The Pleasures of the Past; History in Our Time; andĀ Class in Britain. His most recent book is Margaret Thatcher: A Life and Legacy.Ā He has taught at Cambridge and Columbia Universities and has also served as director of the Institute of Historical Research, University of London. He is currently Dodge Professor of History at Princeton University.Ā
John H. MayerĀ is a character actor whose voice has been heard on numerous commercials, animated programs, audio books and narrations including E! EntertainmentāsĀ Celebrity Profiles. John was a five-year member of the Groundlings comedy theater company in Los Angeles. Recent BOT recordings include Cesar MillanāsĀ How to Raise the Perfect Dog,Ā Be a Pack Leader, andĀ Cesarās Way;Ā A Voyage Long and StrangeĀ by Tony Horwitz, andĀ American LighteningĀ by Howard Blum.