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Sons of Wichita : How the Koch Brothers Became America's Most Powerful and Private Dynasty by Daniel Schulman (2014, Hardcover)

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This hardcover book, published by Grand Central Publishing in 2014, has 432 pages filled with fascinating insights into the lives of these rich and famous individuals.

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Like the Rockefellers and the Kennedys, the Kochs are one of the most influential dynasties of the modern age, but they have never been the subject of a major biography -- until now. Not long after the death of his father, Charles Koch, then in his early 30s, discovered a letter the family patriarch had written to his sons. "You will receive what now seems to be a large sum of money," Fred Koch cautioned. "It may either be a blessing or a curse." Fred's legacy would become a blessing and a curse to his four sons-Frederick, Charles, and fraternal twins David and Bill-who in the ensuing decades fought bitterly over their birthright, the oil and cattle-ranching empire their father left behind in 1967. Against a backdrop of scorched-earth legal skirmishes, Charles and David built Koch Industries into one of the largest private corporations in the world-bigger than Boeing and Disney-and they rose to become two of the wealthiest men on the planet. Influenced by the sentiments of their father, who was present at the birth of the John Birch Society, Charles and David have spent decades trying to remake the American political landscape and mainline their libertarian views into the national bloodstream. They now control a machine that is a center of gravity within the Republican Party. To their supporters, they are liberating America from the scourge of Big Government. To their detractors, they are political "contract killers," as David Axelrod, President Barack Obama's chief strategist, put it during the 2012 campaign. Bill, meanwhile, built a multi-billion dollar energy empire all his own, and earned notoriety as an America's Cup-winning yachtsman, a flamboyant playboy, and as a litigious collector of fine wine and Western memorabilia. Frederick lived an intensely private life as an arts patron, refurbishing a series of historic homes and estates. Sons of Witchita traces the complicated lives and legacies of these four tycoons, as well as their business, social, and political ambitions. No matter where you fall on the ideological spectrum, the Kochs are one of the most influential dynasties of our era, but so little is publicly known about this family, their origins, how they make their money, and how they live their lives. Based on hundreds of interviews with friends, relatives, business associates, and many others, Sons of Witchita is the first major biography about this wealthy and powerful family-warts and all.

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Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
ISBN-10
1455518735
ISBN-13
9781455518739
eBay Product ID (ePID)
171771841

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Book Title
Sons of Wichita : How the Koch Brothers Became America's Most Powerful and Private Dynasty
Author
Daniel Schulman
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Rich & Famous, Political Ideologies / Libertarianism, Political Process / Political Advocacy, Political, Free Enterprise, Sociology / Marriage & Family, Corporate & Business History, Business
Publication Year
2014
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics, Social Science, Political Science
Number of Pages
432 Pages

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9.5in
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1.5in
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6.5in
Item Weight
24.5 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Hc102.5.K65s38 2014
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"[A] riveting biography...fair-minded and inquisitive. Schulman offers carefully observed details that help flesh out our image of the men whose money has so dramatically remade our politics, revealing much about their motives as well as the demons that haunt them."-- The Washington Post, "[A] complex story of epic sibling rivalry, with important political dimensions."-- Publishers Weekly, " Sons of Wichita feels as close to the truth as anyone is likely to get for a long time to come."-- Financial Times, "[C]ompulsively readable... a bias-free book that illuminates two of the most influential figures on the American landscape while telling a remarkable, if cautionary, tale about money, power, and the bonds of brotherhood."-- Booklist, "[I]f you care about politics and the ultimately far more powerful cultural direction of these United States...[this book] is mandatory reading."-- Nick Gillespie, The Daily Beast
Copyright Date
2014
Lccn
2013-050789
Dewey Decimal
338.7/6092273 B
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes

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