Six Tycoons: The Lives of John Jacob Astor, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, John D Rockefeller, Henry Ford and Joseph P K

Derbyshire offers brief biographies of six American tycoons from the Gilded Age. Each man receives 30-60 pages, with Carnegie and Ford receiving the most length. A few black-and-white images accompany the text. Only a very brief bibliography is presented along with limited non-bibliographical footnotes. Intended for the general public. Distributed by ISBS. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)