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Oh what the heck. I have a book for you, "Titan" by Chernow. You'll like it because Chernow tries to paint all the left wing tropes on Rockefeller. Unfortunately, his narrative facts contradict his conclusions.

After you've read it, come back and enlighten me on how "highly regulated" the oil business was in Rockefeller's days.

Another gem is "Nothing Like It In The World" by Ambrose. Ambrose also approached the topic with the usual left-wing bias, but his research completely upended his narrative. Unlike Chernow, he wrote a nice mea culpa about his transformation engendered by the facts.

"Empire of the Summer Moon" is another one that will challenge your point of view.



So your examples of books you've read are you books you disagree with? You are the primary source for your world view it appears.

Based on this post, I'm guessing you don't have any serious suggestions?




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