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Commodore - The Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt (Paperback)
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Commodore - The Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt (Paperback)
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Using previously unreleased archives, Edward J. Renehan Jr.
narrates the compelling life of Cornelius Vanderbilt: willful
progenitor of modern American business. Vanderbilt made his initial
fortune building ferry and 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. At the same time, he played a key role in establishing New
York as the financial center of the United States. When he died in
1877, Vanderbilt left a fortune that, in today's dollars, would
dwarf that of even Bill Gates. Off Wall Street, Vanderbilt was a
hard-drinking egotist and whoremonger devoid of manners or charity.
He disinherited most of his numerous children and received an
editorial rebuke from Mark Twain for his lack of public giving.
"Commodore" sheds startling new light on many aspects of
Vanderbilt's business and private life including, most notably, the
revelation that advanced stage syphilis marred his last years. This
is the definitive biography of a man whose influence on American
life and commerce towers over all who followed him.
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