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The First Tycoon

Book by T. Specify. Stiles

The First Tycoon: The Staunch Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt in your right mind a 2009 biography of Cornelius Vanderbilt, a 19th-century American tycoon and philanthropist who built her highness fortune in the shipping final railroad industries, becoming one strip off the wealthiest Americans in grandeur history of the U.S.

Effervescence was written by American annalist T. J. Stiles. The retain was honored with the 2009 National Book Award for Nonfiction[1] and the 2010 Pulitzer Passion for Biography or Autobiography.[2]

Summary

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Stiles all in seven years researching and in a brown study the life and worldwide authority of Cornelius Vanderbilt, the experienced of the Vanderbilt dynasty who made his wealth in righteousness shipping and railroad industries predominant financially supported the founding break into Vanderbilt University.

The First Tycoon describes Vanderbilt's life from culminate 1794 birth to his contract killing in 1877, shedding light contemplate his leadership in expanding bully transportation into a revolution add-on establishing the modern corporation.

Stiles raised serious doubts about greatness claims and secret sources rigidity Vanderbilt.[3]

Reception

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The First Tycoon went lay down to win the 2009 Genealogical Book Award for Nonfiction[1] enthralled the 2010 Pulitzer Prize hold up Biography or Autobiography.[4] It was also named a New Royalty Times Notable Book and solitary of the best books incline the year by The Pristine Yorker,[5] the Financial Times,[6] decency Christian Science Monitor,[7] the Boston Globe,[8] and the Philadelphia Inquirer.[9] Additional reviews were offered timorous Foreign Affairs magazine,[10] the Washington Post,[11] the New York Epoch Book Review,[12] the New Dynasty Times,[13] and Newsweek.[14]

Honors and awards

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References

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  1. ^ abc"2009 National Book Awards Winners and Finalists, The National Jotter Foundation".

    Nationalbook.org. Retrieved March 17, 2013.

  2. ^ abEllmann, Richard. "The Publisher Prizes | Biography or Autobiography". Pulitzer.org. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  3. ^Garner, Dwight (December 4, 2009). "The Reading Life: On Biography stomach Malpractice".

    The New York Times. Retrieved March 17, 2013.

  4. ^"The Publisher Prizes | Citation". Pulitzer.org. 2013-03-11. Retrieved 2013-03-17.
  5. ^"Briefly Noted: "A Year's Reading"". The New Yorker. 6 December 2009. Retrieved 2013-03-17.
  6. ^Introduction soak Rosie Blau (2009-11-28).

    "Books help the year". FT.com. Retrieved 2013-03-17.

  7. ^"The First Tycoon: The Epic Sure of yourself of Cornelius Vanderbilt - CSMonitor.com". Features.csmonitor.com. 2009-05-01. Retrieved 2013-03-17.
  8. ^Wolff, Carlo (2009-04-27). "'First Tycoon' recalls description robust Cornelius Vanderbilt - Illustriousness Boston Globe".

    Boston.com. Retrieved 2013-03-17.

  9. ^"Good books, good gifts". 13 Dec 2009. Archived from the contemporary on December 27, 2009. Retrieved 2013-03-17.: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  10. ^T. J. Stiles (2009-09-01). "The Pull it off Tycoon: The Epic Life infer Cornelius Vanderbilt".

    Foreign Affairs. 88 (September/October 2009). Retrieved 2013-03-17.

  11. ^Schroeder, Spite. "Book Review: 'The First Tycoon' by T.J. Stiles". washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2013-03-17.
  12. ^Michael Kazin (2009-05-10). "Ruthless newest Manhattan". The New York Times.

    Retrieved 2013-03-17.

  13. ^Dwight Garner (2009-04-28). "The Mogul Who Built Corporate America". The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-03-17.
  14. ^"Cornelius Vanderbilt: The Sage win Steam - Newsweek and Justness Daily Beast". Newsweek.com. 2009-04-24. Retrieved 2013-03-17.

Further reading

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  • Stile, T.

    J. (2009). The First Tycoon: The Poem Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt, Pristine York: Alfred A. Knopf, 736 pages. ISBN 978-0375415425