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THE GILDED LEDGER Book 1

By Augusta Creeley · 4 parts · 15 h 24 min · English

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Cleveland, Titusville and Washington, 1862 to 1911. An American railroad was a common carrier, and a common carrier was supposed to serve all comers alike — but no federal body existed to say what that meant, no state had settled what a corporation was permitted to be, and the rate a shipper actually paid was a private treaty. Into that opening John D. Rockefeller and Henry Flagler wrote contracts. A rebate returned part of a published freight rate to a favored shipper. A drawback paid that shipper part of what a rival had paid on his own oil. Neither was plainly criminal when it was written. Both became, inside thirty years, the reason for a federal commission, an antitrust statute, and a decree dissolving the largest company in the country. Covers John D. Rockefeller, Henry Flagler, Standard Oil, and South Improvement Company.

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  1. Part 01

    3:33:32

  2. Part 02

    3:56:46

  3. Part 03

    4:12:36

  4. Part 04

    3:40:36

Books in this series

  1. THE GILDED LEDGER Book 1

    4 parts · 15 h 24 min

  2. THE GILDED LEDGER Book 2

    4 parts · 14 h 58 min

  3. THE GILDED LEDGER Book 3

    4 parts · 14 h 16 min

  4. THE GILDED LEDGER Book 4

    4 parts · 14 h 49 min

  5. THE GILDED LEDGER Book 5

    4 parts · 15 h 55 min

  6. THE GILDED LEDGER Book 6

    4 parts · 17 h 29 min