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100 1 $aReich, Cary.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83178934
245 14 $aThe life of Nelson A. Rockefeller :$bworlds to conquer, 1908-1958 /$cCary Reich.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bDoubleday,$c1996.
300 $axx, 875 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 774-857) and index.
520 $aOf 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.
520 8 $aNelson 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.
520 8 $aHandsome, 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.
520 8 $aAt 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.
520 8 $a. 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.
600 10 $aRockefeller, Nelson A.$q(Nelson Aldrich),$d1908-1979.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50049079
650 0 $aVice-presidents$zUnited States$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008113208
650 0 $aGovernors$zNew York (State)$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008118352
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