Ron Chernow Libros

Pulitzer Prize winner Ron Chernow presents a comprehensive biography of Ulysses S. Grant, revealing the complexities of his life as a general and president. From early failures to military triumphs and a troubled presidency, Chernow sheds light on Grant's struggles with alcoholism and his commitment to justice for black Americans, offering a nuanced portrait of this often-misunderstood figure.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow presents a comprehensive biography of Alexander Hamilton, highlighting his significant influence on America's founding. Chernow portrays Hamilton as a complex figure driven by patriotism, detailing his rise from an orphan to key political roles, including Treasury Secretary. This biography reexamines Hamilton's legacy and its impact on modern America.

A National Book Critics Circle Award finalist, "Titan" draws on unprecedented access to John D. Rockefeller's private papers to reconstruct the story of his troubled origins and his single-minded pursuit of wealth. 105 photos.

Celebrated biographer Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of our nation and the first president of the United States. With a breadth and depth matched by no other one volume biography of George Washington, this crisply paced narrative carries the reader through his adventurous early years, his heroic exploits with the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, his presiding over the Constitutional Convention, and his magnificent performance as America's first president. In this groundbreaking work, based on massive research, Chernow shatters forever the stereotype of George Washington as a stolid, unemotional figure and brings to vivid life a dashing, passionate man of fiery opinions and many moods.

A candid history of the American banking dynasty spans four generations and chronicles both the evolution of modern finance and the glamorous social strata of the times.

"For anyone interested in the world behind the business-page headlines, this is the book to read." --Publishers WeeklyWith the same breadth of vision and narrative élan he brought to his monumental biographies of the great financiers, Ron Chernow examines the forces that made dynasties like the Morgans, the Warburgs, and the Rothschilds the financial arbiters of the early twentieth century and then rendered them virtually obsolete by the century's end.As he traces the shifting balance of power among investors, borrowers, and bankers, Chernow evokes both the grand theater of capital and the personal dramas of its most fascinating protagonists. Here is Siegmund Warburg, who dropped a client in the heat of a takeover deal because the man wore monogrammed shirt cuffs, as well as the imperious J. P. Morgan, who, when faced with a federal antitrust suit, admonished Theodore Roosevelt to "send your man to my man and they can fix it up."  And here are the men who usurped their power, from the go-getters of the 1920s to the masters of the universe of the 1980s. Glittering with perception and anecdote, The Death of the Banker is at once a panorama of twentieth-century finance and a guide to the new era of giant mutual funds on Wall Street."Chernow . . . delivers a sound, accessible account of the forces shaping capital, credit, currency, and securities markets on the eve of a new millennium. "--Kirkus Reviews

Ron Chernow verfolgt in Die Warburgs die fesselnde und letztlich tragische Odyssee der deutschen Juden. Die Warburgs waren Hamburgs führende Bankiersfamilie vom 18. Jahrhundert bis 1938, als das Dritte Reich sie zwang, ihr Geschäft an Ariern zu übergeben. Zu ihrer Familie gehörten auch ein gefeierter Kunsthistoriker (Aby Warburg), ein Nobelpreisträger (Otto Warburg) und der finanzielle Förderer des New York City Ballet (Edward Warburg). Zwei der "Famous Five"-Brüder heirateten amerikanische Frauen zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts und wurden angesehene Mitglieder der Wall Street. Chernow vermittelt somit auch wichtige soziale und wirtschaftliche Geschichte der USA. Die Warburgs bietet zudem genug flamboyante Persönlichkeiten und Klatsch, um die Lektüre unterhaltsam zu gestalten.