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Item Information       Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content     More by this author     Schulman, Daniel.     Subjects     Koch, David H., 1940-     Koch, Charles G. (Charles de Ganahl), 1935-     Koch Industries -- History.     Businesspeople -- United States -- Biography.     Billionaires -- United States -- Biography.     Private companies -- United States -- History.     Political activists -- United States -- Biography.     Philanthropists -- United States -- Biography.     Families -- United States -- History.     Libertarianism -- United States -- History.     Free enterprise -- United States -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Schulman, Daniel.       by title:      Sons of Wichita : ho...       by call number:      338.76 K76s     Search the Web     Schulman, Daniel.     Koch, David H., 1940-     Koch, Charles G. (Charles de Ganahl), 1935-     Koch Industries -- History.     Businesspeople -- United States -- Biography.     Billionaires -- United States -- Biography.     Private companies -- United States -- History.     Political activists -- United States -- Biography.     Philanthropists -- United States -- Biography.     Families -- United States -- History.     Libertarianism -- United States -- History.     Free enterprise -- United States -- History.       MARC Display

Sons of Wichita : how the Koch brothers became America's most powerful and private dynasty / Daniel Schulman. by Schulman, Daniel. Grand Central Publishing, 2014. Call #: 338.76 K76s Subjects Koch, David H., 1940-   Koch, Charles G. (Charles de Ganahl), 1935-   Koch Industries -- History.   Businesspeople -- United States -- Biography.   Billionaires -- United States -- Biography.   Private companies -- United States -- History.   Political activists -- United States -- Biography.   Philanthropists -- United States -- Biography.   Families -- United States -- History.   Libertarianism -- United States -- History.   Free enterprise -- United States -- History. ISBN:  9781455518739 (hc.) 1455518735 (hc.) Edition:  First edition. Description:  424 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary:  "Like the Rockefellers and the Kennedys, the Kochs are one of the most influential dynasties of the modern age. Not long after the death of his father, Charles Koch, then in his early 30s, discovered a letter the family patriarch had written to his sons. 'You will receive what now seems to be a large sum of money,' Fred Koch cautioned. 'It may either be a blessing or a curse.' Fred's legacy would become a blessing and a curse to his four sons--Frederick, Charles, and fraternal twins David and Bill--who in the ensuing decades fought bitterly over their birthright, the oil and cattle-ranching empire their father left behind in 1967. Against a backdrop of scorched-earth legal skirmishes, Charles and David built Koch Industries into one of the largest private corporations in the world--bigger than Boeing and Disney--and they rose to become two of the wealthiest men on the planet. Influenced by the sentiments of their father, Charles and David have spent decades trying to remake the American political landscape and mainline their libertarian views into the national bloodstream. They now control a machine that is a center of gravity within the Republican Party. To their supporters, they are liberating America from the scourge of Big Government. To their detractors, they are political 'contract killers.' Bill, meanwhile, built a multi-billion dollar energy empire all his own, and earned notoriety as an America's Cup-winning yachtsman, a flamboyant playboy, and as a litigious collector of fine wine and Western memorabilia. Frederick lived an intensely private life as an arts patron, refurbishing a series of historic homes and estates. The complicated lives and legacies of these four tycoons, as well as their business, social, and political ambitions. The Kochs are one of the most influential dynasties of our era, but little is publicly known about this family, their origins, how they make their money, and how they live their lives. This is the first major biography about this wealthy and powerful family--warts and all"--Provided by publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information No Item Information

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