Businesspeople -- United States
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- Industrialists -- United States
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- Businesspeople -- Illinois
- Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848
- Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919
- Chrysler, Walter P. (Walter Percy), 1875-1940
- Dayton, George Draper, 1857-1938
- Doheny, Edward L. (Edward Laurence), 1856-1935
- Gould, Jay, 1836-1892
- Mills, Anson, 1834-1924
- Schiff, Jacob H. (Jacob Henry), 1847-1920
- Stillman, James, 1850-1918
- Villard, Henry, 1835-1900
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John Jacob Astor: Business and Finance in the Early Republic (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, c1991), by John D. Haeger (multiple formats with commentary at Wayne State)- Merchants of Deception (online edition; originally published 2004), by Eric Scheibeler (PDF with commentary at transgallaxys.com)
- From Slavery to Wealth: The Life of Scott Bond; The Rewards of Honesty, Industry, Economy and Perseverance (Madison, AR: Journal Printing Co., 1917), by Dan. A. Rudd and Theo. Bond, contrib. by James Carroll Napier
- George Draper Dayton: An Autobiography (privately printed, 1933), by George Draper Dayton (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Wizard of Wall Street and His Wealth: or, The Life and Deeds of Jay Gould (Philadelphia: J. C. Yorston and Co., 1893), by Trumbull White (multiple formats at archive.org)
- My Story (Washington: The author, 1918), by Anson Mills, ed. by C. H. Claudy (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- The Goodriches: An American Family, by Dane Starbuck (HTML and PDF at libertyfund.org)
- The Wizard of Wall Street and His Wealth: or, The Life and Deeds of Jay Gould (Philadelphia: J. C. Yorston and Co., 1893), by Trumbull White (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Memoirs of Henry Villard, Journalist and Financier, 1835-1900 (2 volumes; Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1904), by Henry Villard
- Life, Adventures, Strange Career and Assassination of Col. James Fisk, Jr.:The Fisk-Stokes Tragedy: All About Miss Mansfield (Philadelphia: Barclay and Co., c1872), by George L. Barclay (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Portrait of a Banker: James Stillman, 1850-1918 (New York: Duffield and Co., 1927), by Anna Robeson Brown Burr (page images at HathiTrust)
- The House of Lynch (Works of Leonard Merrick edition; London et al.: Hodder and Stoughton, n.d.), by Leonard Merrick, contrib. by G. K. Chesterton (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The House of Lynch (5th American edition; New York: E.P. Dutton, 1920), by Leonard Merrick, contrib. by G. K. Chesterton (page images at HathiTrust)
- Jacob H. Schiff: A Study in American Jewish Leadership (Waltham, MA: Brandeis University Press, c1999), by Naomi W. Cohen (PDF with commentary at Brandeis)
- Oil Baron of the Southwest: Edward L. Doheny and the Development of the Petroleum Industry in California and Mexico (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 1998), by Martin R. Ansell (PDF at Ohio State)
- Life of an American Workman (c1950), by Walter P. Chrysler and Boyden Sparkes (illustrated HTML in Canada; NO US ACCESS)
- Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie, by Andrew Carnegie, ed. by John C. Van Dyke (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- From Slavery to Wealth: The Life of Scott Bond; The Rewards of Honesty, Industry, Economy and Perseverance (Madison, AR: Journal Printing Co., 1917), by Dan. A. Rudd and Theo. Bond, contrib. by James Carroll Napier
- Toast of the Town: The Life and Times of Sunnie Wilson (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, c1998), by Sunnie Wilson and John Cohassey (multiple formats with commentary at Wayne State)
- Public Values Leadership: Striving to Achieve Democratic Ideals (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021), by Barry Bozeman and Michael M. Crow (multiple formats with commentary at Project Muse)
- Power and Accountability, by Robert A. G. Monks and Nell Minow (HTML at lens-library.com)
- Rebuilding Cleveland: The Cleveland Foundation and Its Evolving Urban Strategy (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, c1992), by Diana Tittle (PDF at Ohio State)
- Andy Blake and the Pot of Gold (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, c1930), by Leo Edwards, illust. by Bert Salg (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Andy Blake's Secret Service (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, c1929), by Leo Edwards, illust. by Bert Salg (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Andy Blake (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, c1928), by Leo Edwards, illust. by Bert Salg (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Romance and Tragedy of a Widely Known Business Man of New York (based on the 3rd edition, 1913), by William Ingraham Russell (Gutenberg text)
- The Romance and Tragedy of a Widely Known Business Man of New York (based on the 3rd edition, 1913), by William Ingraham Russell (Gutenberg text)
- George Draper Dayton: An Autobiography (privately printed, 1933), by George Draper Dayton (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Wizard of Wall Street and His Wealth: or, The Life and Deeds of Jay Gould (Philadelphia: J. C. Yorston and Co., 1893), by Trumbull White (multiple formats at archive.org)
- My Story (Washington: The author, 1918), by Anson Mills, ed. by C. H. Claudy (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Unexceptional Women: Female Proprietors In Mid-Nineteenth-Century Albany, New York, 1830-1885 (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, c2009), by Susan Ingalls Lewis (PDF at Ohio State)
- Famous Fortunes: Intimate Stories of Financial Success (Springfield, MA: Milton Bradley Co. c1931) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Willing Letters and Papers: Edited with a Biographical Essay of Thomas Willing of Philadelphia (1731-1821) (Philadelphia: Allen, Lane and Scott, 1922), by Thomas Willing, ed. by Thomas Willing Balch
- John Jacob Astor: Business and Finance in the Early Republic (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, c1991), by John D. Haeger (multiple formats with commentary at Wayne State)
- Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen, by Elbert Hubbard (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Andrew Carnegie: His Methods With His Men (memorial service address, 1919), by Charles M. Schwab
- Anti-Carnegie: Scraps and Comments (1899), by M. F. Campbell and J. C. Campbell
- Bone Wars: The Excavation and Celebrity of Andrew Carnegie's Dinosaur (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2001), by Tom Rea (page images at Pitt)
- Think and Grow Rich (Meriden, CT: Ralston Society, 1938), by Napoleon Hill (illustrated HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
- Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie, by Andrew Carnegie, ed. by John C. Van Dyke (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Personal Recollections of Andrew Carnegie, by Frederick Henry Lynch (HTML at Virginia)
- Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen, by Elbert Hubbard (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Life of an American Workman (c1950), by Walter P. Chrysler and Boyden Sparkes (illustrated HTML in Canada; NO US ACCESS)
- Oil Baron of the Southwest: Edward L. Doheny and the Development of the Petroleum Industry in California and Mexico (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 1998), by Martin R. Ansell (PDF at Ohio State)
- Jacob H. Schiff: A Study in American Jewish Leadership (Waltham, MA: Brandeis University Press, c1999), by Naomi W. Cohen (PDF with commentary at Brandeis)
- The Portrait of a Banker: James Stillman, 1850-1918 (New York: Duffield and Co., 1927), by Anna Robeson Brown Burr (page images at HathiTrust)
- Memoirs of Henry Villard, Journalist and Financier, 1835-1900 (2 volumes; Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1904), by Henry Villard
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