ONLINE Book Club: American Colossus by H.W. Brands Meeting 2 of 2

Hello all! We will meet online for a discussion of the second half of American Colossus by H.W. Brands (Pages 310 to the end; Please read the entire selection before the meeting.)

Per the publisher, "From the two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, bestselling historian, and author of Our First Civil War: a "first-rate" narrative history (The New York Times) that brilliantly portrays the emergence, in a remarkably short time, of a recognizably modern America.

"American Colossus captures the decades between the Civil War and the turn of the twentieth century, when a few breathtakingly wealthy businessmen transformed the United States from an agrarian economy to a world power. From the first Pennsylvania oil gushers to the rise of Chicago skyscrapers, this spellbinding narrative shows how men like Morgan, Carnegie, and Rockefeller ushered in a new era of unbridled capitalism. In the end America achieved unimaginable wealth, but not without cost to its traditional democratic values."

Tue 03/04/25 Meeting 1 - Pages 1 to 310
Tue 04/29/25 Meeting 2 - Pages 310 to end

You can buy the book on paperback or kindle here:
https://www.amazon.com/American-Colossus-H-W-Brands-ebook/dp/B003F3PK72/

All are welcome!