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The result was: promoted by Rjjiii talk 13:38, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

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Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.

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... that according to a biography of John D. Rockefeller, "At times ... Rockefeller sounded more like Karl Marx than our classical image of the capitalist"?

Source: "Chernow proposes a shrewder thought: 'At times, when he railed against cutthroat competition and the vagaries of the business cycle, Rockefeller sounded more like Karl Marx than our classical image of the capitalist.'" Morrow, Lance. (June 15, 1998) "Oil in the family". Time Magazine. Vol. 151, no. 23.

ALT1: ... that author Ron Chernow was reluctant to write a biography of John D. Rockefeller until being shown a 1,700-page transcript of a three-year-long private interview with the man?

Source: "The archivist then brought out this 1700-page transcript of an interview that had been privately commissioned by the family in the nineteen-teens, privately conducted over a three-year period ... I read about twenty-five pages of that interview, closed it, and called my editor, and said I was doing the book." Frumkes, Lewis. (January 1999). "A Conversation With ... Ron Chernow". Writer. Vol. 112, No. 1.

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Moved to mainspace by DrOrinScrivello (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 10 past nominations.

DrOrinScrivello (talk) 16:21, 4 June 2024 (UTC).

Article is long enough and new enough (moved to mainspace same day as DYK nom). It's well-written, free from copyvio, and well-sourced. Both hooks are interesting and sourced, although the sources are inaccessible. QPQ is done. Approving on good faith. Thank you for the submission! Kimikel (talk) 00:50, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
Making a note before promoting. The cited source was available via Wikipedia Library. In an interview the author said he was "trying to wriggle out of writing this book" which also verifies the "reluctant" part. Rjjⁱⁱⁱ (talk) 13:37, 3 July 2024 (UTC)