Ron Chernow
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Educated at Yale and Cambridge University in England, Ron Chernow is a biographer who specializes in hard-hitting exposes on historical business figures. Among Chernow's early accomplishments was his unmasking of corruption in Chinatown for New York magazine in 1973. In the book The House of vis mere Morgan, winner of the National Book Award in 1990, Chernow outlines the extraordinary path of J.P. Morgan's empire and its influence on the American banking industry. Chernow is also the author of Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, which chronicles the life and times of the richest man in the United States in the early 1900s. His other work includes The Warburgs, The Death of a Banker, Alexander Hamilton, Washington: A Life, and Grant. Chernow is regular guest on the National Public Radio programs Fresh Air with Terry Gross and All Things Considered. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Værker af Ron Chernow
The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance (1990) 1,431 eksemplarer
The Death of the Banker: The Decline and Fall of the Great Financial Dynasties and the Triumph of the Small Investor (1997) 175 eksemplarer
Grant, Part 2 1 eksemplar
Grant, Part 4 1 eksemplar
Grant, Part 3 1 eksemplar
Grant, Part 1 1 eksemplar
Washington (Abridged) [Easton Press] 1 eksemplar
Grant, Part 5 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
Hamilton: An American Musical: Original 2015 Broadway Cast Recording (2015) — Original story — 120 eksemplarer
Know the Past, Find the Future: The New York Public Library at 100 (2011) — Bidragyder — 116 eksemplarer
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- Juridisk navn
- Chernow, Ronald
- Fødselsdato
- 1949-03-03
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Fødested
- New York, New York, USA (Brooklyn)
- Bopæl
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Uddannelse
- Pembroke College, Cambridge (M.Phil ∙ Literature ∙ 1972)
Yale College (B.A.|1970) - Erhverv
- journalist
- Organisationer
- PEN American Center
The Century Foundation
Society of American Historians - Priser og hædersbevisninger
- National Humanities Medal (2015)
American History Book Prize (2011)
George S. Eccles Prize for Excellence in Economic Writing (1993)
George Washington Book Prize (2004)
BIO Award (2013)
National Institute of Social Science Gold Medal Honoree (2017) - Agent
- Melanie Jackson
Caitlin McKenna - Kort biografi
- Ronald "Ron" Chernow (born March 3, 1949) is an American writer, journalist, historian, and biographer. He has written bestselling and award-winning biographies of historical figures from the world of business, finance, and American politics.
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