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Cornelius Vanderbilt

(Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1794-1877)

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Cornelius Vanderbilt (May 27, 1794 – January 4, 1877), nicknamed "the Commodore", was an American business magnate who built his wealth in railroads and shipping. After working with his father's business, Vanderbilt worked his way into leadership positions in the inland water trade and invested in the rapidly growing railroad industry, effectively transforming the geography of the United States. (From Wikipedia)

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Commodore Vanderbilt: An Epic of American Achievement (New York: R. M. McBride, 1927), by Arthur D. Howden Smith (page images at HathiTrust)

8 additional books about Cornelius Vanderbilt in the extended shelves:

The Vanderbilts and the story of their fortune (Belford, Clarke & company, 1886), by W. A. Croffut (page images at HathiTrust)
Commodore Vanderbilt (P. Allan & co. ltd., 1928), by Arthur D. Howden Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
Certain rich men: Stephen Girard--John Jacob Astor--Jay Cooke--Daniel Drew--Cornelius Vanderbilt--Jay Gould--Jim Fisk (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1927), by Meade Minnigerode (page images at HathiTrust)
The cruise of the steam yacht North Star; a narrative of the excursion of Mr. Vanderbilt's party to England, Russia, Denmark, France, Spain, Italy, Malta, Turkey, Madeira, etc. (Gould & Lincoln, 1854), by John Overton Choules (page images at HathiTrust)
The cruise of the steam yacht North Star; a narrative of the excursion of Mr. Vanderbilt's party to England, Russia, Denmark, France, Spain, Malta, Turkey, Madeira, etc. (Gould and Lincoln;, 1854), by John Overton Choules (page images at HathiTrust)
Famous Americans of recent times. (Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1897), by James Parton (page images at HathiTrust)
Address of the Hon. Chauncey M. Depew, LL.D. : at the unveiling of the statue of Commodore Vanderbilt at the Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, October 11th, 1897. (s.n., 1897), by Chauncey M. Depew (page images at HathiTrust)
Reminiscenses of the two Vanderbilts, "Corneel" and "Bill". (The Lloyd Publishing Co., 1887), by J. T. Lloyd (page images at HathiTrust)

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