Mellon: An American Life

By David Cannadine

Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, History

Historian David Cannadine wrote the first full biography of Andrew W. Mellon, the Pittsburgh banker, industrialist and Treasury secretary. The book follows Mellon from his family's banking business to investments in aluminum, oil and steel, and his long term as Treasury secretary under three presidents. Cannadine also covers his tax policies, the 1929 crash, his famous art collection and the founding of the National Gallery of Art.

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• Shane Parrish: “This episode draws primarily from two foundational books: David Cannadine's Mellon: An American Life, the first comprehensive published biography of Andrew W. Mellon.”