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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. Lincoln consulted him on steamship strategy during the Civil War; Jay Gould was first his uneasy ally and then sworn enemy; and Victoria Woodhull, the first…
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3 editions- Ebook · English · 2009Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · 9780307271556
- Hardcover · English · 2009Alfred A. Knopf · 719 pages · 9780375415425
- Audiobook · English · 2009Books on Tape · 23 pages · 9781415965917
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