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- catalog abstract "Of all the great American dynastic families, few could match the combined wealth, power, and influence of the Rockefellers. And of all the Rockefellers, none was more determined to use these advantages than Nelson A. Rockefeller. Nelson was never content to live off the fame and fortune due him as a Rockefeller. His imperious grandfather, John D. Rockefeller, and intimidating father, John Jr., set standards and boundaries that Nelson blithely ignored. He pushed for. Position within the family, and then broke a family taboo by taking his ambition to the forbidden world of politics. Handsome, ferociously energetic, charming, and ruthless, Rockefeller had a rapacious appetite for life - and for power - that showed itself in the stunning breadth of his activities and in the daring of his ideas. Nelson's sunny, optimistic demeanor masked a Machiavellian mind. At a young age he wrested control of the Rockefeller Center project from his. Father's minions, turned the Museum of Modern Art into a world-class institution, used a midlevel bureaucratic position during World War II to run the affairs of an entire continent; through pure ego and drive he bent the United Nations conference to his will and redirected the path of history. Nelson A. Rockefeller's fierce drive to achieve would have a profound effect on a city, a state, a nation, and the world. Reich enjoyed unprecedented access to the Rockefeller. Family archives, scrutinized FBI and FOIA files, and interviewed over three hundred individuals for the book, including many who had never spoken about Rockefeller for the record.".
- catalog contributor b9711690.
- catalog created "1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
- catalog description "Family archives, scrutinized FBI and FOIA files, and interviewed over three hundred individuals for the book, including many who had never spoken about Rockefeller for the record.".
- catalog description "Father's minions, turned the Museum of Modern Art into a world-class institution, used a midlevel bureaucratic position during World War II to run the affairs of an entire continent; through pure ego and drive he bent the United Nations conference to his will and redirected the path of history. Nelson A. Rockefeller's fierce drive to achieve would have a profound effect on a city, a state, a nation, and the world. Reich enjoyed unprecedented access to the Rockefeller.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Of all the great American dynastic families, few could match the combined wealth, power, and influence of the Rockefellers. And of all the Rockefellers, none was more determined to use these advantages than Nelson A. Rockefeller. Nelson was never content to live off the fame and fortune due him as a Rockefeller. His imperious grandfather, John D. Rockefeller, and intimidating father, John Jr., set standards and boundaries that Nelson blithely ignored. He pushed for.".
- catalog description "Position within the family, and then broke a family taboo by taking his ambition to the forbidden world of politics. Handsome, ferociously energetic, charming, and ruthless, Rockefeller had a rapacious appetite for life - and for power - that showed itself in the stunning breadth of his activities and in the daring of his ideas. Nelson's sunny, optimistic demeanor masked a Machiavellian mind. At a young age he wrested control of the Rockefeller Center project from his.".
- catalog description "Worlds to conquer, 1908-1958. 1996.".
- catalog extent "xx, 875 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Life of Nelson A. Rockefeller.".
- catalog identifier "038524696X".
- catalog isFormatOf "Life of Nelson A. Rockefeller.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Doubleday,".
- catalog relation "Life of Nelson A. Rockefeller.".
- catalog spatial "New York (State)".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "973.925092 B 20".
- catalog subject "E748.R673 R55 1996".
- catalog subject "Governors New York (State) Biography.".
- catalog subject "Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979.".
- catalog subject "Vice-Presidents United States Biography.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Worlds to conquer, 1908-1958. 1996.".
- catalog title "The life of Nelson A. Rockefeller : worlds to conquer, 1908-1958 / Cary Reich.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".