Steven H Gittelman: 2 books
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
The Unlikely Hero of the Lusitania
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2013
At a young age, Alfred Vanderbilt inherited a massive fortune of $40 million and control of the Vanderbilt railroading empire. With no interest in business matters, the youth squandered his wealth on horses and women on two continents. None of the Vanderbilts gave as much fuel for gossip to the curious...
J.P. Morgan and the Transportation Kings
The Titanic and Other Disasters
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2012
The concept was simple, to link American railroads and global dominance of the seas with a railroad line through China and Russia, enter the back door of Europe, and create new royalty: the Transportation Kings. Vanderbilt, Hill, Morgan, and Harriman all pursued the grand dream. They were America’s...