Alfred I. Du Pont: The Man and His Family
In this brilliantly written biography, Wall ranges from Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemour's spectacular rise in pre-Revolutionary France, to the family's migration to America and the founding of the Du Pont Company, to Alfred's death in 1935, charting the growth of one of America's great industrial dynasties.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Year
- 1990
- Genre
- Biography & Memoir
- Topics
- Du Pont family historyIndustrial dynastyAmerican business history
Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography or AutobiographyShortlistedMajor(1991)
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