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Commodore: The Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
Written by Edward J. Renehan, Jr.
Narrated by John McDonough
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Acclaimed historian Edward J. Renehan, Jr.-author of Dark Genius of Wall Street -draws upon previously unreleased documents to deliver the definitive biography of Cornelius Vanderbilt, the 19th-century transportation tycoon who accumulated the largest private fortune in U.S. history. "[A] portrait of a brilliantly successful, genuinely despicable man."-Kirkus Reviews
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