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Author:

Renehan, Edward, 1956-

Title:

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

Publisher:

Basic Books,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

xx, 364 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Vanderbilt, Cornelius,--1794-1877.
Businessmen--Biography.
Railroads--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN:

0465002552
9780465002559

LCCN:

2007022392

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

AGPE046 -- Drake Public Library (Centerville)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

APPC546 -- Wilson Memorial Library (Keota)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)