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Hammer
From presidents and prime ministers to shahs, sheiks, and monarchs, Armand Hammer has known all the great leaders of the world and led so distinguished a public life, few businessmen can compare to him. 32 pages of photos.
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The Dark Side of Power
At his death in 1990, multimillionaire capitalist Armand Hammer was known as a philanthropist, a peacemaker, and a family man. Now close Hammer associate Carl Blumay reveals the powerful Hammer's dark side--his marriages, his self-serving deals, sly maneuvers for political favors, ruthless manipulation of business associates, and more. Here at last is the truth about the myth that the man himself created. Photographs.
The Remarkable Life of Dr. Armand Hammer
"Considine's writing style goes onto any subject like a piece of contact paper on furniture, and with about as profound an effect. His biography of the Occidental Petroleum (""Oxy"") sultan--a self-made millionaire who engineered grain deals with Lenin, sold the Hearst art collection to the great unwashed in Gimbels, collected the finest herd of Black Angus Aberdeens in America, and finally turned his attention to oil at the age of fifty-nine--prudently masks all individuality with a thin film of unconvincing hagiography. Dr. Hammer (no relation to the baking-soda company) got waylaid by other interests on the way to a medical career; he was starting pencil factories in the USSR and collecti...
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A lengthy front-page obituary in The New York Times lauded him as a successful businessman "who long sought peace between the United States and the Soviet Union and financed research for a cancer cure." His philanthropy was noted, along with his vast art collection and his elevated social connections.
Armand Hammer
This unauthorized biography sets out to expose the reality behind the exploits of the oil magnate and industrialist who is one of the world's richest and most powerful men. From Lenin to Gorbachev, Hoover to Bush, Gaddafi to Prince Charles, Hammer has met and influenced many world leaders. He has survived years of FBI surveillance, the accusations of the Internal Revenue Service, and the suspicions of the CIA who suspect him of being a tool of communist governments.
