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David CannadinePublication Details
Book1st edA.A. Knopf2006Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) E748.M52 C36 2006 AVAILABLE New Feature: Text this to your cellphone
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Indeed, he would become the emblem?and the scapegoat?for the Republican conviction and policy that the role of government is to help business create national wealth and jobs. At the age of seventy-nine, the former treasury secretary suffered the ultimate humiliation: prosecution by FDR?s government on charges of tax evasion. In the end Mellon would be exonerated, as he always trusted he would be, and throughout the trial, which lasted more than a year, he never abandoned what had become his last dream: to make a great gift to the American people. Mellon confronted?concerning government, business, influence, the individual and the public good?remain at the center of our national discourse to this day. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Subject
- Mellon, Andrew W. — (Andrew William), — 1855-1937
- United States. — Dept. of the Treasury — Officials and employees — Biography
- Politicians — United States — Biography
- Cabinet officers — United States — Biography
- Diplomats — United States — Biography
- Bankers — United States — Biography
- Industrialists — United States — Biography
- Philanthropists — United States — Biography
- United States — Politics and government — 1901-1953
Contents
- In the shadow of his father, 1855-1900
- Wealth’s triumphs, fortune’s travails, 1900-1921
- The rise and fall of a public man, 1921-33
- Old man, new deal, 1933- 37
ISBN
- 0679450327
- 9780679450320
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