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Robber baron : the life of Charles Tyson Yerkes / John Franch.
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View onlineLippincott Library HG172.Y47 F73 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Franch, John, 1967-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Yerkes, Charles Tyson, 1837-1905.
- Yerkes, Charles Tyson.
- Capitalists and financiers--United States--Biography.
- Capitalists and financiers.
- Street-railroads.
- Finance.
- United States.
- Illinois--Chicago.
- Street-railroads--Illinois--Chicago--Finance.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 374 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2006]
- Contents:
- The inner light
- The spoils of war
- Addition, division, and silence
- Trial by fire
- Trial by jury
- Judgment day
- Buried alive
- Starting over
- The phoenix
- Mass transit
- Tunnel vision
- Getting a grip
- Strike!
- Reaching for the stars
- Crashing the party
- Current events
- An elevating prospect
- Business and pleasure
- The temptation of Governor Altgeld
- On the brink
- The franchise war
- The battle of his life
- End game
- London
- Building a monument
- The American invaders
- The final struggle.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-365) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0252030990
- OCLC:
- 62679786
- Publisher Number:
- 9780252030994
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