The First Tycoon
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010Product Description radical, ground-breaking biography of the combative man whose genius and force will be created modern capitalism. Founder of a dynasty, the manufacturer of the original Grand Central, the creator of a disproportionate wealth, Cornelius “Commodore” Vanderbilt is an American icon. Humbly born on Staten Island during George Washington as president, he rose from the rower to the builder of the country’s largest fleet of steamboats to lord over a rail empire. Lincoln heard him on the steamship strategy during the Civil War, Jay Gould was only worried about his ally and then sworn enemy, and Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for presidential elections in the United States, was his spiritual adviser. We see Vanderbilt to help. . . Read more>>



