The First Tycoon
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The First Tycoon
| Full title | The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt |
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| Author | T. J. Stiles |
| Published | 2009 |
| Recommended | 3 times |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Stiles’s Pulitzer- and National Book Award-winning life of Cornelius Vanderbilt — steamboats to railroads, and the invention of the large American corporation along the way. |
Where I heard about it
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Spotted at Weller Book Works at Trolley Square, Salt Lake City — October 2022 (Books photo album)
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Replies to @typesfast — an answer to his question “What’s the best history book you’ve read?” in his thread, June 2025. The full list of answers is on What’s the best history book… (tweet).
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Packy McCormick — on his “Some of my favorite books from 2024” list, a ten-book year-end thread on X (December 2024), archived at Some of my favorite books… (tweet).
Connections
- Biography — The form.
- Capital Allocation — Vanderbilt’s craft: moving capital from one transport technology to the next.
- Company Building — The corporate form he helped create.
- What’s the best history book… (tweet) — the thread this recommendation came from.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.