| Description |
xii, 337 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, black and white photographs ; 24 cm |
| Audience |
1150L Lexile |
| Reading Level |
Accelerated Reader AR UG 9 17 182417. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The King of Broadway -- The Merchant of Houndsditch -- The Insider -- Rascality of All Descriptions -- It Can't Be Done -- The Carnivorous Snail -- The Royal Crown -- The Hidden Map -- The Knight in the Mote -- The Deal of the Century -- The Rivals -- The Echo of Applause -- Reversals of Fortune -- The Black City in Red -- The warhorse and the Stallion -- The "Fateful Plunge" -- The Colossus Falls -- "We Must Take America" -- Wealth Beyond Measure -- Legacies -- The Enduring Puzzle. |
| Summary |
Traces the early-20th-century rivalry between John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil and Royal Dutch Shell, describing the origins of partners Marcus Samuel, Jr. and Henri Deterding and how they used respective talents to break Rockefeller's daunting monopoly. |
| Subject |
Samuel, Marcus, 1853-1927.
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Deterding, Henri, 1866-1939.
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Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937.
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Koninklijke Nederlandsche Petroleum Maatschappij -- History.
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Standard Oil Company -- History.
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| Subject(S) |
Petroleum industry and trade -- History.
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| ISBN |
9780525427391 |
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0525427392 |
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