The House of Morgan (edit title)

Timothy Gray approved Ulrich’s request to change the title of The House of Morgan Saturday, November 7 2009.

Ulrich changed the title of The House of Morgan Friday, November 6 2009.

Shelfari edited the description of The House of Morgan Friday, July 31 2009.

• The winner of the National Book Award and now considered a classic, The House of Morgan is the most ambitious history ever written about an American banking dynasty. Acclaimed by The Wall Street Journal as "brilliantly researched and written," the book tells the rich, panoramic story of four generations of Morgans and the powerful, secretive firms they spawned. It is the definitive account of the rise of the modern financial world. A gripping history of banking and the booms and busts that shaped the world on both sides of the Atlantic, The House of Morgan traces the trajectory of the J. P. Morgan empire from its obscure beginnings in Victorian London to the crash of 1987. Ron Chernow paints a fascinating portrait of the private saga of the Morgans and the rarefied world of the American and British elite in which they moved. Based on extensive interviews and access to the family and business archives, The House of Morgan is an investigative masterpiece, a compelling account of a remarkable institution and the men who ran it, and an essential book for understanding the money and power behind the major historical events of the last 150 years.

Shelfari edited the contributors of The House of Morgan Thursday, July 23 2009.

• Added a contributor: Ron Chernow: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of The House of Morgan Friday, July 17 2009.

• WHEN Baltimore merchant George Peabody sailed for London in 1835, the world was in the throes of a debt crisis.