{"product_id":"eh-harriman-george-kennan-9781596051157","title":"E.H. Harriman: Railroad Czar, Vol. 2","description":"Born Edward Henry Harriman in 1848 of an ordained deacon father in the Presbyterian Church and well-connected socialite mother, Young Edward attended private school in New Jersey and New York, but dropped out at age 14 to take a job as a Wall Street errand boy. He moved up rapidly to become a managing clerk and, ultimately, became a stockbroker with a seat on the New York stock exchange. Harriman began investing his own money in railway stocks, and even married into a railroad family. In 1881, he bought his first railroad company outright in upstate New York and his name soon became synonymous with \"railroad.\" Volume 2 of this two-volume biography includes Harriman s Far Eastern Plans and Russia s plan to sell the Chinese Eastern Railroad to his American syndicate. His life and work at his estate, Arden House as well as his foray into a more spiritual life. Included are two fascinating chapters about the rupture of his long-standing friendship with President Theodore Roosevelt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George Kennan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1596051159\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781596051157\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cosimo Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 452\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 1.01d","brand":"George Kennan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48439802069247,"sku":"9781596051157","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e699ef6a-8a8b-4fb3-86c0-fa851d600754.jpg?v=1777179324","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/eh-harriman-george-kennan-9781596051157","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}