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In 1850, America had fewer than twenty millionaires; by 1900 it had forty thousand, some as bumptious and proud as James Gordon Bennett, who bought a restaurant in Monte Carlo after he was refused a seat by the window.


Source:

Osnos, Evan. “Prologue” Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth and Faith in the New China. London: Vintage, 2014. 6. Print.


Further Reading:

James Gordon Bennett, Jr.

>In 1850, America had fewer than twenty millionaires; by 1900 it had forty thousand, some as bumptious and proud as [James Gordon Bennett](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Portrait_of_James_Gordon_Bennett%2C_Jr..jpg), who bought a restaurant in Monte Carlo after he was refused a seat by the window. __________________________________ **Source:** Osnos, Evan. “Prologue” *Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth and Faith in the New China*. London: Vintage, 2014. 6. Print. __________________________________ **Further Reading:** [James Gordon Bennett, Jr.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Gordon_Bennett_Jr.)

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