The Incredible Krupps; The Rise, Fall, and Comeback of German's Industrial Family

Published by Henry Hold and Company, New York, 1959

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xi, [1], 308 pages. Illustrations. Genealogical Line. Bibliography. Index. DJ has some wear, soiling, and tear at top spine. Stamp "Property of The Evening Star' on fep. Fep has a scuff at lower right corner. Review slip laid in. Norbert Muhlen was a staunch opponent of Nazism who wrote many books on postwar Germany. Mr. Muhlen's best-known work was probably ''The Incredible Krupps: The Rise, Fall and Comeback of Germany's Industrial Family,'' published in 1959. Twenty years earlier, in another study of Germany's financial leaders, he had written ''Hitler's Magician: The Life and Loans of Dr. Hjalmar Schacht,'' a biography of the German financier and banker. He wrote widely for both German and American readers on the development of postwar Germany's relations with other parts of the world. Besides being a correspondent for German periodicals in the United States, Mr. Muhlen wrote for such American journals as Commentary, The New Leader, Reader's Digest and National Review. Mr. Muhlen's account illuminates not only the unusual evolution of the gigantic industrial dynasty but also the personalities of the members of the family. Vignetted against the firm's history are their eccentricities and scandals, marriages--all links in a peculiar chain of unhappiness that the Krupps seemed to inherit with their steel works. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing.…

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Title
The Incredible Krupps; The Rise, Fall, and Comeback of German's Industrial Family
Author
Muhlen, Norbert
Publisher
Henry Hold and Company, New York
Publication year
1959
Condition
Good
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Good
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
1st Edition
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