The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern FinanceModern · History, Biography, Nonfiction
The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance
1990 · 812 pages · Nonfiction
38
Modern
★ 3.96 on Goodreads · 13K ratings
≈ 20 hours to read · about 6 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
National Book Award (Nonfiction) winner (1990). 3.96★ from 13K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
38Must-Read Score
- Critics51 out of 100 · counts 35%+21
- Readers31 out of 100 · counts 50%+17
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
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Where it ranks
- #156 of the 207 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #185 of the 220 history books we rank
- #269 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #956 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- National Book Award (Nonfiction) winner (1990)
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