George Peabody: A Biography

By Franklin Parker

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A biography of George Peabody This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826512550
• ISBN13: 9780826512550
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Vanderbilt Univ Pr
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.0" x 6.0"

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International merchant and financier, the first modern philanthropist, and the first American to be named an honorary citizen of the City of London, George Peabody had a reputation for impeccable integrity and honesty. In addition to an account of Peabody's accomplishments, this biography offers a picture of Peabody the man--his broken engagement, his famous Fourth of July banquets in London, his distress about the Civil War--as well as the aura of the Victorian society in which he lived. A new chapter on Peabody's legacy, an updated bibliography, and an expanded index culminate this revised edition.