Commodore : the life of Cornelius Vanderbilt / Edward J. Renehan Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Renehan, Edward, 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Businessmen--United States--Biography.

Businessmen.

Railroads--United States--History.

Railroads.

Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1794-1877.

Vanderbilt, Cornelius.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (402 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Basic Books, c2007.

Summary:

Armed with a trove of previously unreleased archives, Edward J. Renehan Jr. offers a compelling portrait of Cornelius Vanderbilt, who built large shipping and rail enterprises into cornerstones of the American economy, and amassed one of the greatest fortunes the world has ever known. This is the definitive biography of a man whose influence on American business was unsurpassed in his day-or any other.

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-44940-0

9786612449406

0-465-01030-X

0-7867-4447-2

OCLC:

792688519