The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
- Publisher
- Vintage
- First published
- 2009
- Length
- ≈ 736 pages
- Reading time
- 19–25 hours
- ISBN
- 1400031745
Reading time assumes 30–40 pages per hour; edition and reading pace affect this estimate. Edition source
What is this book about?
The First Tycoon is a biography of Cornelius Vanderbilt, the 19th-century American industrialist who made his fortune in shipping and railroads and became one of the wealthiest Americans in history. T. J.
Stiles, who spent seven years on the research, follows Vanderbilt from his birth in 1794 to his death in 1877. He examines Vanderbilt’s part in the expansion of the railroads and in the creation of the modern corporation.
Source: The First Tycoon
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