AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

SATURDAY, JUNE 22 @ 9:00PM

“The Rockefellers” is the saga of four generations of a legendary American family whose name is synonymous with great wealth.

The story begins in the Christian revivalist fervor of the 1830s with a marriage of opposites: Eliza Davison, a pious young woman, and “Devil Bill” Rockefeller, swindler, snake-oil salesman, and eventually, bigamist. Their son, John D. Rockefeller, created an industrial empire — and a personal fortune — on a scale the world had never known. He ruthlessly crushed his competitors in the process, alienating the public and leaving a stain on the family name.

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