T.J. Stiles: "Cornelius Vanderbilt: The First Tycoon"

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I've been listening to your book on Audible and I love it!!

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T.J. Styles is a great author and a greater speaker! Thank you for posting the video.

[@myimorata7678]

I have a ton of respect and admiration for TJS. I have his work on Vanderbilt and have learned so much. He is a valuable contributor to the public dialogue.

[@Civille7]

I want to read this book. Thanks for the video.

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Wish people today would have such discussions on Today issues.

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A tremendously thorough body of work.

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[@joemontano71]

Excellent book.

[@markteran5288]

I was lucky to have read this book during the same period of time that I read - "A Team of Rivals" - about Lincoln. What a great time in our American history! After having read "The First Tycoon" , it is hard not to believe that hard men (what we see on the exterior) are capable of being kind and loving men in a different fashion then one always looks for. What other term can be used for a man who sells a million dollar ship to Lincoln for a penny , in our most important time - then an American Hero?

[@richardgodwin2967]

Read his book. For me, it was a "page turner"; you don't want to put it down.

[@SuperGreatSphinx]

Cornelius Vanderbilt (May 27, 1794 - January 4, 1877) was an American business magnate and philanthropist who built his wealth in railroads and shipping. Born poor and having only a mediocre education, Vanderbilt worked his way into leadership positions in the inland water trade and invested in the rapidly growing railroad industry. Nicknamed "The Commodore", he is known for owning the New York Central Railroad. His biographer says, "He vastly improved and expanded the nation's transportation infrastructure, contributing to a transformation of the very geography of the United States. He embraced new technologies and new forms of business organization, and used them to compete....He helped to create the corporate economy that would define the United States into the 21st century." As one of the richest Americans in history and wealthiest figures overall, Vanderbilt was the patriarch of a wealthy, influential family. He provided the initial gift to found Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. According to historian H. Roger Grant: "Contemporaries, too, often hated or feared Vanderbilt or at least considered him an unmannered brute. While Vanderbilt could be a rascal, combative and cunning, he was much more a builder than a wrecker [...] being honorable, shrewd, and hard-working."

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[@C.Vanderbilt]

He was not an owner of anyone Steve sb

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nope

[@midnightacapellasandinstru7695]

nope what? This book is great. Lol.