This book tells the tale of Cornelius Vanderbilt, better known as
Commodore Vanderbilt, an American prominent in the transportation
and finance arenas. Vanderbilt founded freight and ferry
businesses, was a ferry boat captain, established his own shipping
service on the Hudson River, established and financed a line to
California via Nicaragua, owned a controlling interest in the New
York and Harlem railroad, the Hudson River railroad and the New
York Central railroad, as well as being embroiled in a bitter stock
market dispute with James Fisk and Daniel Drew for control of the
Erie Railroad. He was an intriguing man, with the ability to get
what he wanted and succeed.
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