1928. 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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