Black Titan: A.G. Gaston and the Making of a Black American Millionaire - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Carol Jenkins, Elizabeth Gardner HinesPublish date:2005-01-25Pages:352
Language:EnglishPublisher:One WorldISBN-13:9780345453488ISBN-10:345453484UPC:9780345453488Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, Business, HistoricalBook Topic:African American & BlackSize:8.26 x 5.52 x 0.74 inchesWeight:0.6107Product ID:SCBCNCF6F8
Black Titan: A.G. Gaston and the Making of a Black American Millionaire
The grandson of slaves, born into poverty in 1892 in the Deep South, A. G. Gaston died more than a century later with a fortune worth well over $130 million and a business empire spanning communications, real estate, and insurance. Gaston was, by any measure, a heroic figure whose wealth and influence bore comparison to J. P. Morgan and Andrew Carnegie. Here, for the first time, is the story of...
Language:EnglishPublisher:One WorldISBN-13:9780345453488ISBN-10:345453484UPC:9780345453488Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, Business, HistoricalBook Topic:African American & BlackSize:8.26 x 5.52 x 0.74 inchesWeight:0.6107Product ID:SCBCNCF6F8
Carol Jenkins, niece of A. G. Gaston, is an Emmy Award-winning television journalist and now heads her own production company in New York City, specializing in television films and documentaries. For nearly twenty-five years she was an anchor and correspondent for WNBC-TV in New York. Elizabeth Gardner Hines, Ms. Jenkins's daughter, is a writer. A graduate of Yale, with an M.A. in English...
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