Black Titan: A.G. Gaston and the Making of a Black American Millionaire by Carol Jenkins Paperback Book

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Rent Black Titan: A.G. Gaston and the Making of a Black American Millionaire

Author: Carol Jenkins

Format: Quality Paperback

Publisher: One World

Published: Jan 2005

Genre: Biography & Autobiography - Cultural Heritage

Retail Price: $18.00

Pages: 336

Synopsis

The grandson of slaves, born into poverty in 1892 in the Deep South, A. G. Gaston died more than a century later with a fortune worth well over $130 million and a business empire spanning communications, real estate, and insurance. Gaston was, by any measure, a heroic figure whose wealth and influence bore comparison to J. P. Morgan and Andrew Carnegie. Here, for the first time, is the story of the life of this extraordinary pioneer, told by his niece and grandniece, the award-winning television journalist

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