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Author Shea, Therese, author.

Title Cornelius Vanderbilt and the railroad industry / Therese M. Shea.

Publication Info. New York : PowerKids Press, [2017]

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Children's Department  J 92 VANDERBILT    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department  J92 VANDERBILT    Check Shelf
Description 32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm.
Series Great entrepreneurs in U.S. history
Note Includes index.
Contents Self-made success -- The young Commodore -- His first million -- The California gold rush -- The Civil War -- Building a railroad empire -- Playing tough -- The Erie war -- The empire rolls on -- Entering the oil boom -- The man who shaped industries.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.2 0.5 184589.
Subject Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1794-1877 -- Juvenile literature.
Industrialists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Businesspeople -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Railroads -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Subject Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1794-1877. (OCoLC)fst00015529
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Subject Businesspeople. (OCoLC)fst00842980
Industrialists. (OCoLC)fst00971815
Railroads. (OCoLC)fst01088711
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
ISBN 9781499421194 (paperback : book)
1499421192 (paperback : book)
9781499421217 (library bound book)
1499421214 (library bound book)
9781499421200 (6 pack)
1499421206 (6 pack)
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