01441cam a2200361 i 4500 345714852 TxAuBib 20050623120000.0 020111s2003||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2002000087 9780823964475 lib. bdg. 0823964477 lib. bdg. (OCoLC)48837435 DLC DLC QBX TOY TxAuBib rda Parker, Lewis K. John Jacob Astor and the fur trade / Lewis K. Parker. 1st ed. New York : PowerKids Press, 2003. 24 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Reading power American tycoons Includes bibliographical references (page 23) and index. Coming to America -- Early life in America -- The fur trade -- After the fur trade. Introduces John Jacob Astor, who came to the United States in 1784, began work as a clerk for a fur trader, later went into business for himself, and died in 1848 as the richest man in America. 20050627. Astor, John Jacob 1763-1848 Juvenile literature. Businesspeople United States Biography Juvenile literature. Reading power. American tycoons.