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  2. The Men Who Built America - Wikipedia

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    The series focuses on the lives of Cornelius Vanderbilt, John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, J. P. Morgan, and Henry Ford. It tells how their industrial innovations and business empires revolutionized modern society. The series is directed by Patrick Reams and Ruán Magan and is narrated by Campbell Scott. It averaged 2.6 million total ...

  3. The First Tycoon - Wikipedia

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    The First Tycoon went on to win the 2009 National Book Award for Nonfiction [1] and the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography. [4] It was also named a New York Times Notable Book and one of the best books of the year by The New Yorker, [5] the Financial Times, [6] the Christian Science Monitor, [7] the Boston Globe, [8] and the Philadelphia Inquirer. [9]

  4. Cornelius Vanderbilt - Wikipedia

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    Cornelius Vanderbilt (May 27, 1794 – January 4, 1877), nicknamed "the Commodore", was an American business magnate who built his wealth in railroads and shipping. [1] [2] After working with his father's business, Vanderbilt worked his way into leadership positions in the inland water trade and invested in the rapidly growing railroad industry, effectively transforming the geography of the ...

  5. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney - Wikipedia

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    Cornelius "Sonny" Vanderbilt Whitney (February 20, 1899 – December 13, 1992) was an American businessman, film producer, government official, writer and philanthropist. He was also a polo player and the owner of a significant stable of Thoroughbred racehorses.

  6. Accessory Transit Company - Wikipedia

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    Bond of the Accessory Transit Company (of Nicaragua), issued 30. November 1855, signed by Charles Morgan. The Accessory Transit Company was a company set up by Cornelius Vanderbilt and others during the California Gold Rush in the 1850s, to transport would-be prospectors from the east coast of the United States to the west coast.

  7. The Rundown - Wikipedia

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    The big inspiration was the old Wide World of Sports—'and the agony of defeat'—and wondering what would have happened if that poor bastard on the ski slope had had a few more stages to go." Johnson's regular stuntman refused to do the stunt, so they hired "a guy who has a reputation for just doing anything" who was knocked out the first time.

  8. Walker (film) - Wikipedia

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    Afterwards, American multimillionaire Cornelius Vanderbilt offers a job to Walker to bring stability to Nicaragua by assisting the Democratic Party in its civil war against the Legitimists. Doing so would secure Vanderbilt's rights over an overland shipping route between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.

  9. The Missouri Traveler - Wikipedia

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    The feature was distributed by the Buena Vista Corporation subsidiary of Walt Disney Productions, but the film did not carry the "Disney" trademark. It is the second of only 3 films produced by Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney 's C. V. Whitney Pictures; the first being The Searchers in 1956 with John Wayne and directed by John Ford , the last being ...

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