In one of his Little Journeys, Elbert Hubbard sketches the life of John Jacob Astor: his boyhood in Walldorf, emigration to New York, the fur trade that took him to the Great Lakes and the Pacific, the China ships that returned with teas and silks, and the Manhattan real estate that made him the richest man in America.
A brief, opinionated portrait for readers interested in American business history. Download the free EPUB.