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An edition of The Vanderbilts and their fortunes (1962)

The Vanderbilts and their fortunes.

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Picture of an affluent era when the family amassed a fabulous fortune through domination of the shipping world and absolute control of railroads.

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Doubleday
Language
English
Pages
434

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Cover of: The Vanderbilts and their fortunes
The Vanderbilts and their fortunes
1962, Doubleday
in English - [1st ed.].
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Cover of: The Vanderbilts and their fortunes.
The Vanderbilts and their fortunes.
1962, Doubleday
in English - [1st ed.]
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Cover of: The Vanderbilts and their fortunes
The Vanderbilts and their fortunes
1962-01-01, Doubleday

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Table of Contents

Machine generated contents note: CONTENTS
I
Beginnings
1 THE VAN DER BILTS 13
2 PHEBE HAND 26
3 NEW YORK, 1787 34
4 CORNEEL 42
II
The Fortune
5 PERIAUGER DAYS 53
6 BELLONA 69
7 THE COMMODORE 85
8 RATE CUTTING AND RAMPAGE 100
9 THE NORTH STAR 116
10 RAILROAD EMPIRE 137
8 Contents
III
The Vanderbilt Goal
11 NEW YORK CENTRAL 163
1.2 FAST HORSES AND FAST WOMEN 176
13 THE LAST DAYS OF A MOGUL 191
14 DEATH OF THE COMMODORE 204
IV
The Consolidation and the Weakening
15 THE GREAT WILL FIGHT .217
16 THE PUBLIC BE DAMNED 237
17 THE TRIUMPH OF WILLIE K. 248
18 THE RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD 260
19 ENTER THE YACHTSMAN 271
20 ENTER THE DUCHESS 285
21 THE MAN WITH THE IRON WILL 298
22 THE UNPLEASANTNESS 310
Contents 9
V
The Fragmentation
23 THE SCHISM DEEPENS 329
24 TRAGEDY ON THE HIGH SEAS 340
25 THE GENERAL AND THE GENTLEMAN 362
26 THE LAST TRIUMVIRATE 377
27 TRIUMPH OF DEATH AND TAXES 392
28 THE END OF THE LINE 401
29 THE SUMMING UP 406
BIBLIOGRAPHY 417
INDEX 423.

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Garden City, N.Y

Classifications

Library of Congress
CS71.V228 1962, CT274.V35 H69 1962, CS71 .V228 1962

The Physical Object

Pagination
434 p.
Number of pages
434

ID Numbers

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OL5848236M
Internet Archive
vanderbiltstheir00hoyt
LCCN
62007647
OCLC/WorldCat
327274

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