#248 John D. Rockefeller (Titan)

The life of John D. Rockefeller was marked to an exceptional degree by silence, mystery, and evasion. Even though he presided over the largest business and philanthropic enterprises of his day. He has remained an elusive figure. A master of disguises, he spent his life camouflaged behind multiple persona and shrouded beneath layers of mythology. He lingers in our national psyche as a series of disconnected images.

Ranging from the aggressive creator of standard oil Brilliant, but bloodless. To the elderly man dispensing dimes and canned speeches for newsreel cameras. It's often hard to piece together the varied images into a coherent picture. This has not been for a lack of trying.

Earlier in the century Rockefeller inspired more prose than any other private citizen in America. With books about him tumbling forth at a rate of nearly one per year. He was The most famous American

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