Public-domain audiobook
History of the Great American Fortunes Vol. 2 (audiobook)
Free audiobook of History of the Great American Fortunes Vol. 2 by Gustavus Myers: 10 h 4 min in 18 sections, read by LibriVox volunteers.
10 h 4 minrunning time
18sections
≈ 93,000words
About this recording
History of the Great American Fortunes by Gustavus Myers is a landmark early-20th-century critique of how immense wealth was accumulated in the United States. First published in three volumes between 1909 and 1910, the book examines the rise of powerful American fortunes—from colonial landowners to railroad magnates and industrial monopolists such as the Astors, Vanderbilts, Goulds, Morgans, and Rockefellers.
Sources & data
- From the LibriVox catalogue. Word count estimated at 9,300 words per hour of narration.