Kyle Harrison
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Mellon — An American Life
Mellon: An American Life
- Author
- David Cannadine
- Published
- 2006
- Pages
- 800
- Recommended
- Once
Cannadine’s biography of Andrew W. Mellon — the Pittsburgh banker who financed Alcoa and Gulf Oil, served as Treasury Secretary through the 1920s and the onset of the Depression, and gave the National Gallery of Art to the United States. A single life spanning industrial finance, fiscal policy and philanthropy.
Why it’s on the list: Appears on @mastersinvest’s 2025 reading list, a feed that skews heavily toward company and founder biography.
Where I saw it: @mastersinvest’s “2025 Reading … so far” list, August 20, 2025. The full 46-title list is transcribed on 2025 Reading So Far… (tweet).
Connections
- 2025 Reading So Far… (tweet) — the list this came from.