Reviews for American Express: An Unauthorized History

The average rating for American Express: An Unauthorized History based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-10-18 00:00:00 Jeremy Cook Interesting overview of the history of one of the more dynamic & enduring American enterprises of the past two centuries. I imagine this book will only be interesting to those fascinated by business or who currently work for American Express (I'm one of the latter). The author wraps the circumstances of this particular company around an oft overlook truth - there is no narrative that ties together the haphazard episodes of human history. American Express started out as a company shipping mail & packages across a rapidly expanding country. Through a combination of luck, cooperation, & cunning, the company stumbled from one line of business to another to become the financial behemoth it is today. Perhaps the most interesting factoid in the whole book is that at one point American Express flirted with the idea of buying Disney in the 1970s. If you're interested in the history of 19th century monopolists & 20th century financiers, you might enjoy this book.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-07-12 00:00:00 Robert Pastore This is another of the set of O. Henry short stories. They are of varying quality. I enjoyed, "A Ramble in Aphasia"!