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By age 38 he commanded 90% of the oil refined in the u. Rockefeller in 1885 born john davison rockefeller 18390708 july 8, 1839 richford, new york, u. By the time of his retirement at age 58, he was the richest man in the country. The astonishing rise and spectacular fall of a serial imposter. According to mark seals riveting the man in the rockefeller suit viking, from the age of 17, gerhartsreiter began switching identities as a woman does lipstick, even, at one point, giving himself an aristocratic title. Mark seals absorbing biography about con man christian karl gerhartstreiter aka clark rockefeller, the man in the rockefeller suit, invites the reader to contemplate the power of a big lie, the fluidity of a persons identity, and the limits of credulity. The astonishing rise and spectacular fall of a serial impostor. An extraordinary life and untimely death in africa 2009, a biography of the adventurous life of african wildlife photographer joan root. By age 31 he had become the worlds largest oil refiner. You cant read the man in the rockefeller suit without wondering if rockefeller would have conned you too. The astonishing rise and spectacular fall of a serial impostor from the worlds largest community of rea. Clark rockefeller, who has been charged with murder in an l. From an unused commodity in the early 1800s to the major global economic industry it is today, the story of oil is the story of standard oil and a man named rockefeller. Her father was a boeing engineer, and she had grown up uppermiddleclass in seattle, in a nice twostory cape cod house.
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Ripley, the unbelievable 30year run of a shapeshifting con man. The rockefeller file by gary allen higher intellect. He is widely considered the wealthiest american of all time, and the richest person in modern history. July 8, 1839 may 23, 1937 was an american business magnate and philanthropist. Reading guide for the man in the rockefeller suit by mark seal. The man in the rockefeller suit, by mark seal sfgate. As clark rockefeller, gerhartsreiter conned everyone in his path, including neighbors, pastors, collegeadmissions officers, and even his own wife, a harvard business school graduate. His 2011 book, the man in the rockefeller suit, is about christian gerhartsreiter, the serial imposter who posed as a member of the rockefeller. Despite ostensibly sharing a single topic, they have very little overlap in specifics. By the time he died, he had become the richest man in the. Born into one of the wealthiest families in americahe was the youngest son of standard oil scion john d.
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