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Preface

PREFACE

SOMETHING is due, before we plunge into this story, to the curiosity of the reader who wishes to know

First, why the author chose to write the history of a man who still lives and whose history, therefore, has not yet been fully made up, and

Second, what were the sources of this narrative and how far the Rockefeller family has participated in its preparation.

Illustrations

ILLUSTRATIONS

OLD ROCKEFELLER MILL

JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER’S BIRTHPLACE AT RICHFORD, N. Y.

WILLIAM ROCKEFELLER AT THE AGE OF 11

JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER AT THE AGE OF 13

CARY, THE FIRST OIL MAN

VIEW OF THE ROCKEFELLER COUNTRY

God’s Gold

GOD’S GOLD

Part One: The Quiet Years

PART ONE THE QUIET YEARS

Part Two: Business and Religion

PART TWO BUSSINESS AND RELIGION

Part Three: Oil Dorado

PART THREE OIL DORADO

Part Four: War at the Creek

PART FOUR WAR AT THE CREEK

Part Five: The Great Consummation

PART FIVE THE GREAT CONSUMMATION

Part Six: Gathering Storms

PART SIX GATHERING STORMS

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