Insull

Description:

Biography of Samuel Insull, and the story of his family, immigrant from England, former personal secretary to Thomas Edison, to head of the largest US utilty conglomerate of his time,to notorious fugitive from authorities, to acquittal. Thoroughly researched and well written.

subjects: Electrical utlity,  Chicago,  politics,  Great Depression,  World War I,  finance,  stock market,  rural electrification,  Villard,  Stuart,  Edison,  General Electric,  Commonwealth Edison,  Public Service Company,  Budd,  Thompson,  Thomson,  Houston,  Peoples Gas,  elevated,  Public utilities,  Mass production,  Electric utilities,  Insull, Samuel, 1859-1938,  Dictionaries,  English,  Insull, samuel, 1859-1933

People: Samuel Insull,  Samuel Insull (1859-1938),  Gladys Insull

Places: Chicago,  New York,  England,  Greece,  Turkey,  Paris

Times: 1859-1938