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The great Getty : the life and loves of J. Paul Getty, richest man in the world / Robert Lenzner.

Lenzner, Robert. (Author).

Summary:

Includes data on Getty's income, income tax paid, and will; as well as a chronology of the fortune.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0517562227
  • ISBN: 9780517562222
  • Physical Description: xvi, 283 pages, 24 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
  • Edition: 1st American edition
  • Publisher: New York : Crown Publishers, 1986.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Bibliography: pages 248-267.
Formatted Contents Note:
Lying in state -- The first two decades -- The first million dollars -- The first three wives -- Takeover artist -- Double bigamy -- A mother's trust -- The Tide Water mission -- The bargain hunter -- The suspect -- The patriot -- The gambler -- The nomad -- The eighth sister -- Lord of the manor -- The emperor -- Three tragedies -- The art lover -- His prominence -- The mortal -- Epilogue: the aftermath -- Appendix I: Getty's annual income and federal income tax paid, 1923-75 -- Appendix II: Chronology of the Getty fortune -- Appendix III: The twenty-one codicils to Getty's will, 1958-76 -- Appendix IV: Notes and sources.
Subject: Getty, J. Paul (Jean Paul), 1892-1976.
Millionaires > United States > Biography.
Businessmen > United States > Biography.
Petroleum industry and trade > United States > History.
Genre: Biographies.

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  • 11 of 11 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Rockingham County Public Library. (Show)

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