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The first tycoon [electronic resource] : the epic life of Cornelius Vanderbilt / T.J. Stiles.
A gripping, groundbreaking biography of the combative man whose genius and force of will created modern capitalism. We see Vanderbilt help to launch the transportation revolution, propel the Gold Rush, reshape Manhattan, and invent the modern corporation.
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- ISBN: 9780307271556 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
- ISBN: 0307271552 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
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| General Note: | Title from eBook information screen. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Captain, 1794-1847 -- Commodore, 1848-1860 -- King, 1861-1877. |
| System Details Note: | Requires OverDrive Media Console Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 9831 KB). |
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T. J. Stiles has held the Gilder Lehrman Fellowship in American History at the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library, taught at Columbia University, and served as adviser for the PBS series The American Experience. His first book, Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War, won the Ambassador Book Award and the Peter Seaborg Award for Civil War Scholarship, and was a New York Times Notable Book. The First Tycoon won the National Book Award in 2009. He has written for The New York Times Book Review, Salon.com, Smithsonian, and the Los Angeles Times. He lives in San Francisco.
Visit the author's website at www.tjstiles.com.
