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Most Americans know the name Du Pont. But not as many are aware of the powerful family behind the world's largest chemical company. The Du Ponts are easily the richest family in America and one of the wealthiest and most powerful families in the world. From their fortress-like complex of buildings in downtown Wilmington, Delaware, they direct the workings of a vast network of interlocking companies that encompasses the world. They rule the state of Delaware as their private duchy, and they influence and control the lives of thousands of employees and millions of citizens.
Here is the truly revealing story of this remarkable family, from the arrival in this country of Eleuthere Irenee du Pont, who was to found the firm that thought of itself as 'America's armorer, ' to the present governor of Delaware, Pierre S. ('Pete') du Pont IV, who many observers claim is already running for the 1988 presidential election.
Along the way you will meet a host of colorful and, in some cases, infamous characters: Henry du Pont, 'The General, ' who conceived and made a fortune from the Gunpowder Trust after the Civil War; Alfred I. du Pont, 'The Count of Florida', who was instrumental in developing as well as plundering the resources of that state; and his wife, Jessie, whose surviving brother, Edward Ball, refused to relinquish her trust fund, which she had left to charity, in order to amass another Du Pont fortune. And finally, Irving Shapiro, recent chairman of Du Pont Company and the first outsider to manage the notoriously clannish Du Pont empire, who is overseeing enormous changes in the company's direction and the nation's laws. The incredible deals, ploys, plots and manipulations which gained their empire for the Du Ponts, as well as the bitter feuds and struggles within the family, are rescued from the elaborate coverups and silences that the publicity-hating Du Ponts have imposed over the years are explored in detail.
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- PublisherLyle Stuart
- Publication date1984
- ISBN 10 0818403527
- ISBN 13 9780818403521
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages968
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DuPont [also see Du Pont] - Behind the Nylon Curtain [revised & expanded]
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Lyle Stuart Inc, Secaucus NJ, 1984
ISBN 10: 0818403527
ISBN 13: 9780818403521
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Hardcover. 968p., illustrated with several photo-insert sections, charts of family's influence and two genealogies. Hardbound in grey boards backed by a red cloth spine lettered silverfoil. Mildest signs of handling, faintest edgewear to jacket, a sound, unsoiled, unclipped copy, not even a former owner name. FYI, this revision adds some 300 pages to its 1974 appearance, and now includes such critical Du Pont strategies as its move from manufacturing into money markets. A good read simply as US history --the family made guns and gunpowder in a big way, they are our Krupps except they're French, the last economic power to defend the king (Jacobins drove them out). Their magnificent summer house in Haiti is, well, French-- and that involves conspiracy also. They only own Delaware, but it's manageable and gives them electoral votes. There is about 10p on the proposed coup against Roosevelt, led, in a sting operation, by General Smedley Butler. DuPonts were involved with other big families and interests; if they were not the main instigators then they took the brunt of the scandal, a scandal too big for the citizenry to quite get its mind around. The book's semi-suppression adds a little spice. About the rare-ification of "Behind the Nylon Curtain," I have gossip from a friend of Colby's; to wit, that the duPonts were not happy knowing they were being researched, and sent someone round to see what Zilg had (I've an unverifiable name for the spy). Direct pressure failed to halt the book and they had to wait til it was published, proceeding then to interfere with the "book-clubbing" of the tome, the only format which would have yielded real venom. They threatened to pull all duPont ads from Time/Life publications; T/L owned the club, duPont is diversified, it would have cost a bundle. Zilg sued the duPonts and Prentice-Hall for conniving to suppress, but the case was assigned to an unfriendly judge. A second printing of this book was undertaken by Lyle Stuart, enlarged to almost a thousand pages. By the time this revision had come out Zilg had dropped his media-liability last name, he now goes by "Gerard Colby." His knockout book about the Rockefellers in South America (and the Wycliff bible-distribution racket that disguised the Rockefeller grab) "Thy Will Be Done. Conquest of the Amazon, Nelson Rockefeller & evangelism in the age of oil" is also Zilgless. Seller Inventory # 329693
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Du Pont Dynasty
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L. Stuart, 1984
ISBN 10: 0818403527
ISBN 13: 9780818403521
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($30.00 price intact). Published by Lyle Stuart, 1984. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good with spotting to top page ends. Dust jacket is very good with shelf wear and small tears. A scarce copy of this book detailing the history of the Du Pont family. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York. Seller Inventory # 192050
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Second Edition. One of twenty-three books selected for inclusion on the "Forbidden Bookshelf". 968 pages. Footnotes. Index. Black and white photographic plates. "Prentice-Hall drastically slashed its print run and advertising budget, despite the book's having met its advance sales target and won wide acceptance in reviews across the country. The almost immediate (and reportedly unprecedented) cancellation by BOMC (Book of the Month Club) of a book under such circumstances would have a chilling impact on most publishers, and Prentice-Hall was no exception. They allowed the book to go out of stock while demand for it remained high, and ultimately let it go out of print altogether." - Foreword. The above was discovered only after the author took Du Pont and Prentice-Hall to federal court. "I have tried, with admittedly humble resources, to explain what the Du Ponts and their extraordinary history mean for American society, its past and its future." - Foreword. Book clean and unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. Dust jacket not included. A sound copy of this important work. Seller Inventory # 311h3092
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