Title: John Jacob Astor
Subtitle: America's First Multimillionaire
First published: January 19, 2001
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Subjects: Biography & Autobiography, Nonfiction, Economic conditions, Businesspeople, Biography, Astor, john jacob, 1763-1848, Businesspeople, biography, United states, economic conditions, to 1865, Gens d'affaires, Biographies, Conditions économiques, Economic history