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Six Tycoons: The lives of John Jacob Astor, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Henry Ford and Joseph P. Kennedy
3.5 Stars Six Tycoons John Jacob Astor - Cornelius Vanderbilt - Andrew Carnegie - John D. Rockefeller - Henry Ford - Joseph P. Kennedy - " Even today, long after their deaths, the names of these six men continue to be associated with wealth and power. These are the men who built empires and created advances in technology in the modern world
Ever since I visited Newport in America a couple of years ago and saw the mansions built and owned by some of these families I really was facinated by their wealth and their contribution to the shaping of America in the early days. I watched a TV series called The Men Who Built America which was excellent and when I came across this book I was really excited because I was reading a snapshop of six men in history in the one book.
The book very informative and I think it really did deliver on the information that I was looking for. I really enjoyed learning about the Tycoons who mostly came from meager beinnings and ended up owning such empires and earning a place for themselves in history.
A chapter is dedicated to each Tycoon and this makes the book very easy to follow.
I read this on Kindle and spent a lot of time googling faces and places. There are 14 photographs included in the book .
I did notice a few errors on my Kindle version but nothing that took away from my enjoyment of the book.
I feel I leaned a lot from the book and I was glad to have found this on my Kindle.
Would I recommend it? Yes! but only if you have an interest in the lives of these Six Tycoons.
