Ron Chernow

Narozen/a 1949

Biografie Podnikání Historie

Ron Chernow is an acclaimed biographer and journalist born in 1949 in Brooklyn.
He graduated from Yale and Cambridge before embarking on a successful freelance writing career.
Chernow's first book, "The House of Morgan," won the National Book Award in 1990.
He has since written several highly regarded biographies of financial and political figures, including John D. Rockefeller and Alexander Hamilton.
Chernow's works are known for their thorough research, engaging narratives, and ability to provide new insights into historical figures.
He is also a frequent commentator on business and finance for various media outlets.

Knihy autora Ron Chernow

Alexander Hamilton

od Ron Chernow • 2004

From Caribbean orphan to architect of American capitalism: the scandal and duel that ended him.

4.22

200 000+

🏛️ American Revolution 🇺🇸 Founding Fathers 📜 Political Biography 💰 Financial Systems 🏗️ Self-Made Man

Alexander Hamilton

From Caribbean orphan to architect of American capitalism: the scandal and duel that ended him.

od Ron Chernow 2004 818 stran

4.22

200 000+ hodnocení

🏛️ American Revolution 🇺🇸 Founding Fathers 📜 Political Biography 💰 Financial Systems 🏗️ Self-Made Man

Grant

od Ron Chernow • 2017

Failed farmer, rumored drunk. How Ulysses Grant won the Civil War and fought the Klan as president.

4.50

44 000+

📖 Civil War History 🏛️ Presidential Biography 📜 Military Strategy 🔄 Revisionist History 🔗 Emancipation

Grant

Failed farmer, rumored drunk. How Ulysses Grant won the Civil War and fought the Klan as president.

od Ron Chernow 2017 1104 stran

4.50

44 000+ hodnocení

📖 Civil War History 🏛️ Presidential Biography 📜 Military Strategy 🔄 Revisionist History 🔗 Emancipation

Titan

od Ron Chernow • 1998

A pious Baptist created the Standard Oil octopus, gave away millions to be remembered as a saint.

4.15

38 000+

🛢️ Oil Industry History 💰 Robber Barons 🏗️ Corporate Consolidation ✝️ Protestant Ethic 🎁 Mega Philanthropy

Titan

A pious Baptist created the Standard Oil octopus, gave away millions to be remembered as a saint.

od Ron Chernow 1998 832 stran

4.15

38 000+ hodnocení

🛢️ Oil Industry History 💰 Robber Barons 🏗️ Corporate Consolidation ✝️ Protestant Ethic 🎁 Mega Philanthropy

The House of Morgan

od Ron Chernow • 1990

Before the Federal Reserve, a single private bank rescued Wall Street and answered to no one.

3.96

12 000+

🏛️ Banking History 👑 Financial Dynasties 📈 Wall Street History 🎩 Gilded Age ⚖️ Financial Regulation

The House of Morgan

Before the Federal Reserve, a single private bank rescued Wall Street and answered to no one.

od Ron Chernow 1990 812 stran

3.96

12 000+ hodnocení

🏛️ Banking History 👑 Financial Dynasties 📈 Wall Street History 🎩 Gilded Age ⚖️ Financial Regulation

Mark Twain

od Ron Chernow • 2025

America's greatest humorist was a grief-haunted gambler who saved his darkest truths for the grave.

4.18

7 000+

📖 Literary Biography 🏛️ Gilded Age America 💔 Grief And Loss 🎭 Public Persona 💸 Business Failure

Mark Twain

America's greatest humorist was a grief-haunted gambler who saved his darkest truths for the grave.

od Ron Chernow 2025 1200 stran

4.18

7 000+ hodnocení

📖 Literary Biography 🏛️ Gilded Age America 💔 Grief And Loss 🎭 Public Persona 💸 Business Failure

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