Commodore
The Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Basic Books
Published:14th Apr '09
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Commodore : The Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt made his initial fortune building ferry cargo routes for sailing vessels. Then he moved into steamboats and railroads. With the New York Central, Vanderbilt established the nation's first major integrated rail system, linking New York with Boston, Montreal, Chicago and St Louis. This biography narrates the life of Vanderbilt.Armed with a trove of previously unreleased archives, Edward J. Renehan Jr. offers a compelling portrait of Cornelius Vanderbilt, who built large shipping and rail enterprises into cornerstones of the American economy, and amassed one of the greatest fortunes the world has ever known. This is the definitive biography of a man whose influence on American business was unsurpassed in his day,or any other.
"Renehan sets out to be neither 'prosecutor nor defence attorney', but succeeds in demonstrating from contemporary sources that Gould's misdeeds have been much exaggerated over a century of telling... Renehan's meticulous portrait does (Jay Gould) proud." The Spectator"
ISBN: 9780465002566
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400 pages