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The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt (Pulitzer Prize Winner) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781400031740)
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WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD In this groundbreaking biography, T.J. Stiles tells the dramatic story of Cornelius "Commodore" Vanderbilt, the combative man and American icon who, through his genius and force of will, did more than perhaps any other individual to create modern capitalism. Meticulously researched and elegantly written, The First Tycoon describes an improbable life, from Vanderbilt's humble birth during the presidency of George Washington to his death as one of the richest men in American history. In between we see how the Commodore helped to launch the transportation revolution, propel the Gold Rush, reshape Manhattan, and invent the modern corporation. Epic in its scope and success, the life of Vanderbilt is also the story of the rise of America itself.
Author: T. J. Stiles
ISBN-10: 1400031745
ISBN-13: 9781400031740
Publisher: Vintage
Language: English
Published: 04/20/2010
Pages: 736
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.11lbs
Size: 9.72h x 5.62w x 1.57d
Review Citation(s):
Entertainment Weekly 05/14/2010 pg. 78
New York Times Book Review 05/30/2010 pg. 20
Entertainment Weekly 11/19/2010 pg. 104
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD In this groundbreaking biography, T.J. Stiles tells the dramatic story of Cornelius "Commodore" Vanderbilt, the combative man and American icon who, through his genius and force of will, did more than perhaps any other individual to create modern capitalism. Meticulously researched and elegantly written, The First Tycoon describes an improbable life, from Vanderbilt's humble birth during the presidency of George Washington to his death as one of the richest men in American history. In between we see how the Commodore helped to launch the transportation revolution, propel the Gold Rush, reshape Manhattan, and invent the modern corporation. Epic in its scope and success, the life of Vanderbilt is also the story of the rise of America itself.
Author: T. J. Stiles
ISBN-10: 1400031745
ISBN-13: 9781400031740
Publisher: Vintage
Language: English
Published: 04/20/2010
Pages: 736
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.11lbs
Size: 9.72h x 5.62w x 1.57d
Review Citation(s):
Entertainment Weekly 05/14/2010 pg. 78
New York Times Book Review 05/30/2010 pg. 20
Entertainment Weekly 11/19/2010 pg. 104
By T. J. Stiles
xT. J. Stiles has held the Gilder Lehrman Fellowship in American History at the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library, taught at Columbia University, and served as adviser for the PBS series The American Experience. His first book, Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War, won the Ambassador Book Award and the Peter Seaborg Award for Civil War Scholarship, and was a New York Times Notable Book. The First Tycoon won the National Book Award in 2009. He has written for The New York Times Book Review, Salon.com, Smithsonian, and the Los Angeles Times. He lives in San Francisco. Visit the author's website at www.tjstiles.com.
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