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Chernow, Ron (1998). Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.. New York: Random House. Flynn, John T. (1932). God’s Gold: The Story of Rockefeller and his Times. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company. Folsom, Burton W. Jr. (1991). The Myth of the Robber Barons: A New Look at the Rise of Big Business in America. Herndon, Virginia: Young America’s Foundation. Nevins, Allan (1940). John D. Rockefeller: The Heroic Age of American Enterprise. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. Poole, Dr. Keith T.(2000), Entrepreneurs and Economic Growth. University of Houston John D. Rockefeller (July 8, 1839-May 23, 1937) Childhood John Rockefeller was born in Richford, New York, which is about halfway between Binghamton and Ithaca on July 8, 1839. His father, William Avery Rockefeller, was a “doctor” who claimed he could cure cancers and would charge up to $25 for a treatment. He would be gone for months at a time as he wandered around the West from town to town. He would return home occasionally wherever the family was living at the time, bringing large amounts of cash with him. John’s mother, Eliza Davison Rockefeller, was a very religious, very discip