Robert Durden
North Carolina Bookwatch

A Life of James B. Duke
(Carolina Academic Press; 2003)
Bold Entrepreneur: A Life of James B. Duke is the scholarly biography of James B. Duke, a man known as a creative entrepreneurial capitalist, one who, after a lifetime of big business successes, finally turned his talent toward investing in a unique plan for perpetual philanthropy in the Carolinas. In this episode, biographer Robert Durden tells the fascinating story of how Duke's great philanthropic actions have earned him a prominent place in history.

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