THE FIRST TYCOON / THE EPIC LIFE OF CORNELIUS VANDERBILT

In this groundbreaking biography, T.J. Stiles tells the dramatic story of Cornelius Commodore Vanderbilt, the combative man and Am erican icon who, through his genius and force of will, did more than perhaps any other individual to create modern capitalism. Metic ulously researched and elegantly written, The First Tycoon describes an improbable life, from Vanderbilts humble birth during the p residency of George Washington to his death as one of the richest men in American history.