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"On The Deal Maker: How William C. Durant Made General Motors: ""A well-written biography.""-New York Times On Stanwyck: The Life and Times of Barbara Stanwyck: ""Madsen's admirably researched, insightful portrait of her aloof nature . . . reveals she was always torn between her wish to give of herself and her need to be in control.""-Christian Science Monitor On Chanel: A Woman of Her Own: ""Fascinating . . . . Takes the reader behind the coromandel veneers of Chanel's life.""-New York Times Book Review ""Carefully knits together the complex pattern of Chanel's complicated existence. It's not an easy task.""-Toronto Globe and Mail On Gloria and Joe: ""Axel Madsen finally gives the public a fascinating chronicle of the romance that could have ruined more than two careers.""-Dallas Morning News On Cousteau: ""Both critical and understanding. And it is exceptionally readable. Readers are well advised to take the plunge.""-Chicago Tribune On Malraux: ""Will stand as the best of more than a dozen books about Malraux in print.""-Kansas City Star"

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Author:   Axel Madsen
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 24.70cm
Weight:   0.624kg
ISBN:  

9780471385035

ISBN 10:   0471385034
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   09 February 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Undergraduate ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Astor offers a historical insight into a vibrant, growing American economy, as well as a glimpse of a man who made the most of his time here. ----USA Today Axel Madsen...does a crisp, straightforward job of situating his subject in early 19th century America, betraying neither covert admiration nor moral outrage. ---- The Wall Street Journal Expertly situating his subjecta s accomplishments in the context of late 18th-- and early 19th--century commercial and geopolitical expansion, Madsen ... weighs in with an absorbing biography of one of 19th--century Americaa s most powerful men. ----Publishers Weekly

Astor offers a historical insight into a vibrant, growing American economy, as well as a glimpse of a man who made the most of his time here. ----USA Today Axel Madsen...does a crisp, straightforward job of situating his subject in early 19th century America, betraying neither covert admiration nor moral outrage. ---- The Wall Street Journal Expertly situating his subject's accomplishments in the context of late 18th-- and early 19th--century commercial and geopolitical expansion, Madsen ... weighs in with an absorbing biography of one of 19th--century America's most powerful men. ----Publishers Weekly

Author Information

AXEL MADSEN has written fifteen biographies, including Chanel: A Woman of Her Own, Gloria and Joe: The Star-Crossed Love Affair of Gloria Swanson and Joe Kennedy, and The Deal Maker: How William C. Durant Made General Motors (Wiley). He lives in Los Angeles.

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