Merchant Adventurer
| Author | : Marquis James |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 424 |
| Release | : 1993-09-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780585118857 |
| ISBN-13 | : 058511885X |
| Rating | : 4/5 (85X Downloads) |
Download or read book Merchant Adventurer written by Marquis James and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 1993-09-01 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marquis James's penchant for the sturdy individualists of our history, which has twice led him to a Pulitzer Prize, finds a sympathetic new subject in W. R. Grace, the Irish immigrant boy who not only opened new fields to American commerce but also became an outstanding mayor of New York and a powerful amateur in national politics. In this warm, nostalgic story, made possible by his access to the files of W. R. Grace & Co., James combines his gift for biography and his close acquaintance with business history to investigate a characteristic phenomenon of American life.
