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The first tycoon, the epic life of Cornelius Vanderbilt, T.J. Stiles

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The first tycoon, the epic life of Cornelius Vanderbilt, T.J. Stiles

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eng

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biography

Main title

The first tycoon

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Oclc number

457028532

Responsibility statement

T.J. Stiles

Sub title

the epic life of Cornelius Vanderbilt

Summary

A gripping, groundbreaking biography of the combative man whose genius and force of will created modern capitalism. Founder of a dynasty, builder of the original Grand Central, creator of an impossibly vast fortune, Cornelius "Commodore" Vanderbilt is an American icon. Humbly born on Staten Island during George Washington's presidency, he rose from boatman to builder of the nation's largest fleet of steamships to lord of a railroad empire

Table Of Contents

Captain, 1794-1847 -- Commodore, 1848-1860 -- King, 1861-1877

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