Shadow Dynasty: How the Mellon Family Unmade America

How one of the largest family fortunes in American history was built and thrived in the Gilded Age, moved through history bending laws and society to its own devices, and helped create the political extremism and billionaire class trying to rule the country today

Shadow Dynasty begins in the 19th century with Andrew Mellon’s father, a self-made Scots-Irish immigrant who hated Catholics, taxes, public education, and other immigrants of all kinds. It continues with the remarkable story of Andr...