The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
From the award-winning author of "Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War" comes the first full, authoritative look at the life of Cornelius Vanderbilt--the complex and combative man whose genius and force of will gave birth to modern capitalism.
- Release Date
- 2009
- Length
- 773 pages
- Publisher
- Knopf
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From the award-winning author of "Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War" comes the first full, authoritative look at the life of Cornelius Vanderbilt–the complex and combative man whose genius and force of will gave birth to modern capitalism.