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Commodore: The Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
by Jr.", Edward J. "Renehan
from Basic Books

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• The Richest American That Ever Lived, And How He Got That Way
  This story of Cornelius Vanderbilt's life, from his birth in 1794 to his death in 1877, is also the story of the dawn and growth of American industerial enterprise. It also illuminates the rise of technology as an engine that raised living standards as nothing else has done in recorded history. Vanderbilt built a huge fortune without benefit of a wealthy family, education, training, or even any social graces. His wasn't the only fortune that was made during the early period of American industrialization,... more info

• Commodore likes to undercut competitors
  When I bought this book, I thought it was going to have more about his involvement in railroading more than he was it was his favorite son who was the one who grew the NYC railroad. Don't get me wrong about this book it is a good read, very detailed and humorous, if you see it. This book covers in detail about his shipping business, his beginnings in life, his family history, including a little bit of what life was like back then. You think politics is bad today, it is just as bad then as it is today. State... more info

• I get it, Vanderbilt was illiterate, get back to his achievements!
  My recommendation on this book is very nuanced. This book is very good in that it is an excellent collection of facts on "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt. More specifically, this is one of the few, greatly detailed books on the Commodore in existence. In this biography, you will read about Vanderbilt's ingenuity as a steamship captain, his defiant stance and eventual victory against the state-enforced steamboat monopoly of Robert Fulton and Robert Livingston, his prodigious success as a railroad magnate and... more info

• Commodore
  At his death in 1877, Cornelius Vanderbilt, the "Commodore", had amassed more money than any American. Edward J. Renahan's book is a brief examination of his personal and professional life. Vanderbilt was born on Staten Island, New York, to a poor family that had to sail if they were to escape from their relative isolation. From his earliest days, Vanderbilt provided reliable transpoprtation of people and freight for the lowest fees. Gradually, he acquired larger and more modern craft and expanded his... more info

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