The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt by Stiles, T.J - 2009

Knopf, 2009-04-21. First Edition. hardcover. Used: Good.

Knopf, 2009-04-21. hardcover. Very Good. 6x1x9. Contents are tight and clean

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. Reprint. Fifth printing. Hardcover. Very good in good dust jacket. DJ has worn National Book Award Winner sticker, and some wear, tears and soiling.. xii, [2], 719, [1] p. Illustrations. Maps. Bibliographical Essay. Notes. Primary Source Bibliography. Index. From the award-winning author of "Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War" comes the first full, authoritative look at the life of Cornelius Vanderbilt--the complex and combative man whose genius and force of will gave birth to modern capitalism.

Knopf, 2009-04-21. First Edition. hardcover. Used:Good.

New York: Knopf, 2009. First Edition, First printing. Hard Cover. Stated first edition. FINE BOOK IN NEAR-FINE TO FINE DUST JACKET WITH THE MOST MINOR WEAR AT SPINE TOP AND ORIGINAL $37.50 PRICE.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf; A Borzoi Book, 2009. xii, 719 pages, [36] pages of plates, illustrations; 25 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine slightly rolled at the crown. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. National Book Award, Nonfiction, 2009; Winner of Pulitzer Prize for Biography 2010. "A gripping, groundbreaking biography of the combative man whose genius and force of will created modern capitalism. Founder of a dynasty, builder of the original Grand Central, creator of an impossibly vast fortune, Cornelius 'Commodore' Vanderbilt is an American icon. Humbly born on Staten Island during George Washington's presidency, he rose from boatman to builder of the nation's largest fleet of steamships to lord of a railroad empire. Lincoln consulted him on steamship strategy during the Civil War; Jay Gould was first his uneasy ally and then sworn enemy; and… Read More