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Author Berfield, Susan, author.

Title Hour of fate : the story of Theodore Roosevelt, J. P. Morgan, and the battle to transform American capitalism / Susan Berfield.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Bloomsbury Publishing, [2020]

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  973.91 BERFIELD    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  973.911 BERFIELD    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  973 BERFIELD    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  973 BERFIELD    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  973.911 BER    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  973.911 BERFIELD    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  973 BERFIELD    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  973.911 BERFIELD    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  973.911 BER    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  973.911 BER    Check Shelf

Description xxi, 393 pages : black and white illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "It seemed like no force in the world could slow J. P. Morgan's drive to power. In the summer of 1901, the financier was assembling his next mega-deal: Northern Securities, an enterprise that would affirm his dominance in America's most important industry-the railroads. Then, a bullet from an anarchist's gun put an end to the business-friendly presidency of William McKinley. A new chief executive bounded into office: Theodore Roosevelt. He was convinced that as big business got bigger, the government had to check the influence of the wealthiest or the country would inch ever closer to collapse. By March 1902, battle lines were drawn: the government sued Northern Securities for antitrust violations. But as the case ramped up, the coal miners' union went on strike and the anthracite pits that fueled Morgan's trains and heated the homes of Roosevelt's citizens went silent. With millions of dollars on the line, winter bearing down, and revolution in the air, it was a crisis that neither man alone could solve. Richly detailed and propulsively told, The Hour of Fate is the gripping story of a banker and a president thrown together in the crucible of national emergency even as they fought in court. The outcome of the strike and the case would change the course of our history. Today, as the country again asks whether saving democracy means taming capital, the lessons of Roosevelt and Morgan's time are more urgent than ever." -- Book jacket.
Subject Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943.
Antitrust law -- United States -- Cases.
Strikes and lockouts -- Coal mining.
Coal miners.
Labor disputes.
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943. (OCoLC)fst00227304
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. (OCoLC)fst00032496
Antitrust law. (OCoLC)fst00810849
Coal miners. (OCoLC)fst00865316
Labor disputes. (OCoLC)fst00989929
Strikes and lockouts -- Coal mining. (OCoLC)fst01135070
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Trials, litigation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01423712
ISBN 9781635572490 (hardcover)
1635572495 (hardcover)
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