Robber baron : the life of Charles Tyson Yerkes
"Standing alongside J.P. Morgan, Carnegie, and John D. Rockefeller, Charles Tyson Yerkes (1837-1905) was one of the most colorful and controversial public figures in Gilded-Age America. Robber Baron is the first biography of the streetcar magnate who was the mastermind behind the Chicago's Loop Elevated and the London Underground, bankroller of the world's largest refracting telescope, and real-life inspiration for Frank Cowperwood, the ruthless protagonist of Theodore Dreiser's Trilogy of Desire."
collective biographies
374 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
9780252030994, 9780252075179, 0252030990, 025207517X
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The inner light
The spoils of war
Addition, division, and silence
Trial by fire
Trial by jury
Judgment day
Buried alive
Starting over
The phoenix
Mass transit
Tunnel vision
Getting a grip
Strike!
Reaching for the stars
Crashing the party
Current events
An elevating prospect
Business and pleasure
The temptation of Governor Altgeld
On the brink
The franchise war
The battle of his life
End game
London
Building a monument
The American invaders
The final struggle