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

by Renehan, Edward, 1956-

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New York : Basic Books, c2007.

Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1794-1877.

Businessmen -- United States -- Biography.

Railroads -- United States -- History.

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0719/2007022392.html

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0831/2007022392-b.html

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0831/2007022392-d.html

9780465002559 (alk. paper)

0465002552 (alk. paper)

xx, 364 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.

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.

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