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Back to Search#147 Sam Colt
What I learned from reading Revolver: Sam Colt and the Six-Shooter That Changed America by Jim Rasenberger.
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[0:01] Sam Colt embodied the America o…
5 years, 10 months ago
#146 Milton Hershey (Chocolate)
What I learned from reading Hershey: Milton S. Hershey's Extraordinary Life of Wealth, Empire, and Utopian Dreams by Michael D'Antonio.
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[0:01] Per…
5 years, 11 months ago
#145 William Randolph Hearst
What I learned from reading The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst by David Nasaw.
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[0:20] There has never been —nor, most likely, will the…
5 years, 11 months ago
#144 Ernest Shackleton
What I learned from reading Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing.
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[0:58] All the men were struck, almost to the point of ho…
5 years, 11 months ago
#143 Alfred Lee Loomis (the most interesting man you've never heard of)
What I learned from reading Tuxedo Park : A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II by James Cona…
5 years, 11 months ago
#142 Teddy Roosevelt and J.P. Morgan
What I learned from reading The Hour of Fate: Theodore Roosevelt, J.P. Morgan, and the Battle to Transform American Capitalism by Susan Berfield.
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6 years ago
#141 Arnold Schwarzenegger (My Unbelievably True Life Story)
What I learned from reading Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story by Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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I decided that the best course for independenc…
6 years ago
#140 Bill Gates (the Making of the Microsoft Empire)
What I learned from reading Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire by James Wallace and Jim Erickson.
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Microsoft had become…
6 years ago
#139 J.P. Morgan
What I learned from reading The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance by Ron Chernow.
[0:01] This book is about…
6 years ago
#138 Alexander Graham Bell
What I learned from reading Reluctant Genius: The Passionate Life and Inventive Mind of Alexander Graham Bell by Charlotte Gray.
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[0:01] I have my…
6 years ago