For a time early in the nineteenth century the Harriman family seemed destined to an inglorious end in a watery grave.
An edition of The life & legend of E.H. Harriman
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The life & legend of E.H. Harriman
by Maury Klein
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"To Americans living in the first years of the twentieth century, E. H. Harriman was as familiar a name as J. P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, and Andrew Carnegie. Like his fellow businessmen, Harriman (1847-1909) had essentially become the symbol for an entire industry: Morgan stood for banking, Rockefeller for oil, Carnegie for iron and steel - and Harriman for railroads. But despite his stature, Harriman has remained a surprisingly understudied figure.
With this book, Maury Klein offers the first in-depth biography in more than seventy-five years of "The Man Who Saved the Railroads."" "With its new insights into the myths and controversies that surround Harriman's career, this book reasserts his legacy as one of the great turn-of-the-century business titans."--BOOK JACKET.
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Book Details
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Prologue: Mr. Kennan writes a biography
Duchy, 1848
1898: Sources of pride and strength
Sources of advancement
Sources of growth
Sources of education
Sources of revelation
Sources of opportunity
Kingdom, 1898
1900: Going west
Going for broke
Going modern
Going back together
Going elsewhere
Going north
Empire, 1900
1904
Seeking order
Seeking an advantage
Seeking trump
Seeking hegemony
Seeking the perfect machine
Seeking the perfect organization
Seeking the world
Seeking relief
Immolation, 1904
1909
Fighting the tide
Fighting formidable foes
Fighting others' fights
Fighting a former friend
Fighting a formidable friend
Fighting nature
Fighting for survival
Fighting back
Fighting the inevitable
Epilogue: the good that men do
Notes
Index.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [449]-504) and index.
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