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The First Tycoon by T. J. Stiles – book cover

The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

By T. J. Stiles

Biographies and Memoirs

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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Our Review

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.