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John Jacob Astor

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Cover of: John Jacob Astor
John Jacob Astor
2001, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Electronic resource in English
Cover of: John Jacob Astor
John Jacob Astor: America's first multimillionaire
2001, John Wiley
Hardcover in English

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Published in
New York

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Library of Congress
HC102.5.A76M33 2001, HC102.5.A76 M33 2001eb

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Electronic resource

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Open Library
OL24262350M
Internet Archive
johnjacobastoram00mads
ISBN 13
9780471009351
OCLC/WorldCat
49569252
OverDrive
EA675FB6-09C2-423C-A59C-8DC8AA9E96C6

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At a time when most people lived and died within a hundred miles of where they were born, John Jacob Astor's birth in the German territory of the margrave of Baden-Baden was almost accidental.
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