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Author Kirk, John A., 1970- author.

Title Winthrop Rockefeller : from New Yorker to Arkansawyer, 1912-1956 / John A. Kirk
Published Fayetteville : The University of Arkansas Press, 2022
©2022

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 267 pages)
Contents Winrock -- Growing up Rockefeller -- The Loomis Institute -- Yale University -- An Education in Oil -- Entering the Family Business -- Mobilizing for War -- Hawaii and the Battle of Guam -- The Battles of Leyte and Okinawa -- From Soldier to Civilian -- Husband and Father -- Separation, Divorce, and Arkansas
Summary "Why did Winthrop Rockefeller, the scion of one of the most powerful families in American history, move to a mountaintop in Arkansas from New York in the 1950s? In this richly researched biography of the former Arkansas governor, John A. Kirk delves into the historical record to fully unravel that mystery"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 28, 2022)
Subject Rockefeller, Winthrop, 1912-1973.
Rockefeller family.
SUBJECT Rockefeller family
Rockefeller, Winthrop, 1912-1973
Rockefeller family fast
Rockefeller, Winthrop, 1912-1973 fast
Subject Industrialists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
Philanthropists -- Arkansas -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General
Industrialists
Philanthropists
Politics and government
SUBJECT Arkansas -- Politics and government -- 1951- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85007210
New York (N.Y.) -- Biography
Subject Arkansas
New York (State) -- New York
Genre/Form Biographies
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021029490
ISBN 1610757637
9781610757638
Other Titles From New Yorker to Arkansawyer, 1912-1956