Speaking of Cornelius Vanderbilt

To watch T.J. Stiles discuss The First Tycoon at the New York Public Library, broadcast on CSPAN's BookTV, click here.

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Dwight Garner on The First Tycoon, New York Times, 04/29/09
"I read eagerly and avidly. This is state-of-the-art biography."

New York Times Book Review (Cover Review of Jesse James), 10/27/02
"So carefully researched, persuasive, and illuminating that it is likely to reshape permanently our understanding of its subject's life and times."

The Vanderblog
A Companion to The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt

December 23, 2009

I spoke for an hour today about Cornelius Vanderbilt on "Forum," on KQED radio, San Francisco.