J. P. Morgan and the Transportation Kings The Titanic and Other Disasters |
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| Author:
| Gittelman, Steven H. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7618-5850-8 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2012 |
| Publisher: | University Press of America, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $57.99 |
Book Description:
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Vanderbilt, Hill, Morgan, and Harriman were America's industrial princes, planning to link American railroads and a shipping cartel with a railroad line through China and Russia, then into Europe, and create: the Transportation Kings. Poised for great accomplishment, their story ends in the sinking of the Titanic and bitter failure.
Vanderbilt, Hill, Morgan, and Harriman were America's industrial princes, planning to link American railroads and a shipping cartel with a railroad line through China and Russia, then into Europe, and create: the Transportation Kings. Poised for great accomplishment, their story ends in the sinking of the Titanic and bitter failure.