TY  - BOOK
AU  - Renehan,Edward
TI  - Commodore: the life of Cornelius Vanderbilt 
SN  - 9780465002559 (cloth) :
AV  - CT275.V23 R46 2007
PY  - 2007///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Basic Books/Persues Books
KW  - Vanderbilt, Cornelius,
KW  - Businessmen
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Railroads
KW  - History
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-346) and index; Moravians -- Stapleton -- Profitable war -- Marriage -- Economic man -- Mr. Ogden and Mr. Gibbons -- Mouse and Bellona -- Proud fugitive -- Gibbons vs. Ogden -- Union line man -- Blackmail on the Hudson -- The sound... and beyond -- Of an old Dutch root -- Matters familial and social -- Southern route -- A finer head than Webster's -- I'll ruin you -- Atlantic crossing -- The specious name of enterprise -- Harlem corners -- Hudson River & New York Central -- The Vanderbilt bronze -- Frank -- Against the world -- Epilogue: Tombs
ER  -