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Name: The First Tycoon

Full title: The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
Author: T. J. Stiles
Year: 2009
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Genres/categories: Biographies, Award winners, History, Business, Memoirs

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9780375415425
Winner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 2009.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography And Autobiography in 2010.

A biography of the combative man whose genius and force of will created modern capitalism, documenting how Vanderbilt helped launch the transportation revolution, propel the Gold Rush, reshape Manhattan, and invent the modern corporation.
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