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Article: Investing for Middle America: John Elliot Tappan and the Origins of American Express Financial Advisors. .(Book Review)
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- Business History
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- January 1, 2003
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KENNETH LIPARTITO and CAROL HEHER PETERS, Investing for Middle America: John Elliot Tappan and the Origins of American Express Financial Advisors (New York: Palgrave, 2001. Pp.x + 265. H/Back ISBN 0 312 23398 1, [pounds sterling]32.50).
When does history become hagiography? This is always a question that comes to the fore with any biography, but is particularly pertinent here as one of the authors -- Peters -- is the great-grand-daughter of the person concerned. However, I will leave my assessment of that point until the end of this review as the other author -- Lipartito -- is a business historian of established repute, so providing a counter to the influence of ...