Cornelius Vanderbilt - The Commodore: Insight and Analysis Into the Life and Success of America’s First Tycoon (Business Biographies and Memoirs – Titans of Industry Book 5)

Cornelius Vanderbilt had no illusions about his life.

He didn’t start out with grand plans and ungodly greed.

He merely stepped in this world one foot at a time, one boat at a time, one market at a time—one day at a time.

He worked sixteen hours a day, seven days a week.

He worked hard and played hard.

When all was said and done, though, he was a simple man who pushed the world of transportation to be all it could be—to be what it is today.The times he lived through and contributed to is the history that forms the foundation of our present life.