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The Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt

by Edward J. Renehan, Jr.

Narrator John McDonough

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Length 12 hours 37 minutes

Language English

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Summary

Acclaimed historian Edward J. Renehan, Jr.-author of Dark Genius of Wall Street -draws upon previously unreleased documents to deliver the definitive biography of Cornelius Vanderbilt, the 19th-century transportation tycoon who accumulated the largest private fortune in U.S. history. "[A] portrait of a brilliantly successful, genuinely despicable man."-Kirkus Reviews

Biography & Memoir Business History Nonfiction