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Commodore : the life of Cornelius Vanderbilt / Edward J. Renehan, Jr.
Van Pelt Library CT275.V23 R46 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Renehan, Edward, 1956-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1794-1877.
- Vanderbilt, Cornelius.
- Businessmen--United States--Biography.
- Businessmen.
- United States.
- Railroads--United States--History.
- Railroads.
- History.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 364 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, [2007]
- Contents:
- Moravians
- Stapleton
- Profitable war
- Marriage
- Economic man
- Mr. Ogden and Mr. Gibbons
- Mouse and Bellona
- Proud fugitive
- Gibbons vs. Ogden
- Union line man
- Blackmail on the Hudson
- The sound... and beyond
- Of an old Dutch root
- Matters familial and social
- Southern route
- A finer head than Webster's
- I'll ruin you
- Atlantic crossing
- The specious name of enterprise
- Harlem corners
- Hudson River & New York Central
- The Vanderbilt bronze
- Frank
- Against the world
- Epilogue: Tombs.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-346) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780465002559
- 0465002552
- OCLC:
- 137331495
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