Great Fortune, Daniel Okrent
Great Fortune, Daniel Okrent
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Great Fortune
The Epic of Rockefeller Center

Author: Daniel Okrent

Narrator: Christopher Grove

Unabridged: 22 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/31/2019


Synopsis

In this hugely appealing book, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, acclaimed author and journalist Daniel Okrent weaves together themes of money, politics, art, architecture, business, and society to tell the story of the majestic suite of buildings that came to dominate the heart of midtown Manhattan and with it, for a time, the heart of the world. At the center of Okrent's riveting story are four remarkable individuals: tycoon John D. Rockefeller, his ambitious son Nelson Rockefeller, real estate genius John R. Todd, and visionary skyscraper architect Raymond Hood. In the tradition of David McCullough's The Great Bridge, Ron Chernow's Titan, and Robert Caro's The Power Broker, Great Fortune is a stunning tribute to an American landmark that captures the heart and spirit of New York at its apotheosis.

About Daniel Okrent

Daniel Okrent is a prizewinning journalist, author, and television commentator. For many years he was a senior editorial executive at Time Inc. In 2003 he was appointed the first Public Editor of the New York Times.


Reviews

The Rockefeller Center is comprised of nineteen commercial buildings that sit on twenty-two acres in New York City. Fourteen of those builds were designed in the Art Deco style, which I love with a passion. Those fourteen beautiful buildings were commissioned by the Rockefeller family, who had acqui......more

Currently, we seem to be having a minor blossoming of popular books on architectural history, and I think this book sets the standard. It is interesting, compelling and factually correct.......more

Goodreads review by Laurie

I was surprised to see that this is the first book about the Rockefellers that has found its way into my hands (feels like I have read at least one other book about them but, at least on Goodreads, there is no record) AND my first book by Daniel Okrent. His name being familiar (though no particular......more