| Autor: |
Baida, Peter |
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Forbes; 10/26/1987, Vol. 140 Issue 9, p345-349, 3p, 2 Color Photographs, 1 Black and White Photograph |
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The article offers a look at the life of businessman and fur trader John Jacob Astor which changed the attitudes toward philanthropy. It mentions his poor background and start in fur trading, his parsimoniousness, and the acts passed by U.S. Congress that favored Astor's fur trading. Topics covered include his real estate investments in New York, the reactions of American media over his death, and the distribution of his fortune. |
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