Wilkinson trish (6 resultados)

Condición: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine unread condition maroon boards, black spine, and gold spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped photographic dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by Edward J. Renehan, Jr.; Author Dedication; Preface; Epilogue: Tombs; Acknowledgments; Notes and Index. Illustrated with a section of black-and-white photographic plates. "In this remarkable and engrossing work, leading historian Edward J. Renehan Jr. brings Commodore Vanderbilt to life - shedding new light on one of the architects of modern America. In the first major reexamination of Vanderbilt since 1942, Renehan masterfully utilizes major new sources, uncovering extraordinary details in his portrait of a life at once monumental and poignantly human." - James Strock, author. "Everybody knows the name Cornelius Vanderbilt, but few remember why he was such an industrial titan. Thankfully historian Edward J. Renehan Jr. brings him back to life in Commodore, a well-written and superbly researched biography. I now understand, for the first time really, how New York became the financial capital of the world." - Douglas Brinkley, author. "The First Modern Biography of an American Financial Giant. The tale of Cornelius Vanderbilt's life and the vast fortune he amassed is one of the cornerstones that defines the American Dream. Born on Staten Island in 1794, Vanderbilt made his initial fortune building ferry and cargo routes for sailing vessels, but he moved quickly into steamboats and railroads. With the New York Central, Vanderbilt established the nation's first major integrated rail system, linking New York with Boston, Montreal, Chicago, and St. Louis. At the same time, he played a key role in establishing New York as the financial center of the United States. When he died in 1877, he left a $105 million fortune that, in today's dollars, would dwarf even that of Bill Gates. Away from Wall Street, Vanderbilt was a hard-drinking egotist and whoremonger who berated and disinherited most of his many children and received an editorial rebuke from Mark Twain for his lack of public charity. His countless affairs included one with Tennessee Claflin - sister of the noted free-love advocate Victoria Woodhull. To placate Claflin, Vanderbilt set up both sisters in business as America's first female stockbrokers. He also financed their radical newspaper Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly (in which Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto made its first American appearance). Using previously unreleased archives, Commodore sheds startling new light on many aspects of Vanderbilt's business and private life including, most notably, the revelation that the mogul's later years were marred by advanced syphilis. This is the definitive biography of a man whose influence on American life and commerce towers over all who followed him." - from the inner front jacket flap. Wilkinson, Trish (book design); Pracher, Rick (jacket design); Renehan, Christa (author photograph) (ilustrador). …

Softcover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. Publication of 78 pages. The wraps are in near fine condition. Internally the pages are clean and complete. The text is legible. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

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paperback. Condición: Good. Ex-library book, usual marking. Clean copy in good condition. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

Paperback / softback. Condición: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.