Special Features
- General Article: The Cleveland Massacre
- Biography: John D. Rockefeller, Junior
- Biography: Edith Rockefeller
- Bonus Video: Paul Krugman Interview
- Further Reading: Related Books and Websites
- Primary Resources: Letters Requesting Donations
They feared the temptations of wealth, yet their estate was once described as the kind of place God would have built–if only he had the money. They amassed a fortune that outraged a democratic nation, then gave much of it away. They were the closest thing this country had to a royal family, but they shunned the public eye, retreating behind the walls of their palatial home at Pocantico Hills, New York.
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