Vanderbilt, Hill, Morgan, and Harriman were America's industrial princes, planning to link American railroads and a shipping cartel with a railroad line through China and Russia, then into Europe, and create: the Transportation Kings. Poised for great accomplishment, their story ends in the sinking of the Titanic and bitter failure.
Vanderbilt, Hill, Morgan, and Harriman were America's industrial princes, planning to link American railroads and a shipping cartel with a railroad line through China and Russia, then into Europe, and create: the Transportation Kings. Poised for great accomplishment, their story ends in the sinking of the Titanic and bitter failure.
Steven H. Gittelman has served as president of the Board of Trustees at The Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum for fifteen years. In his previous book, Gittelman followed his subject around the world to fashion his biography of Willie K. Vanderbilt. During that search, an obscure article in the New York Times provided him with a thread that unraveled this fascinating tale of the men who aspired global transportation dominance and how each one chased his own version of the dream, only to taste bitter failure.
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Acknowledgments Prologue 1. Early Shipping 2. American Shipping Consortium 3. The Corner 4. Economic Expansion 5. Community of Interest 6. Vanderbilt 7. Marc Hanna 8. The Creation of Political Leadership 9. Roosevelt 10. The Business of the Presidency 11. The Maritime Subsidy Bill 12. Roosevelt Rises 13. A Rift Between Friends 14. The Subsidy Bill Under Debate In Congress 15. Opposition in Congress 16. The Loyal Opposition 17. Pan-American Exposition 18. A New President 19. An Uninvited Agenda 20. The Anti-McKinley 21. Hanna's Last Hurrah 22. Financial Contributions to an Incumbent 23. Harriman and the Far East 24. Competition in the Far East 25. Global Interference 26. The Panic of 1907 27. Roosevelt is Denied the 1908 Race 28. Hill and the Far East 29. Historic Rivalry 30. Free Ships 31. Breathing Life into the IMM 32. The American Invaders! 33. Cunard 34. IMM 35. Lusitania, Aquitania, Mauretania and Titanic 36. Investigation and Aftermath 37. Legacy 38. The End of a Dream Afterword Notes Bibliography Index About the Author
Acknowledgments Prologue 1. Early Shipping 2. American Shipping Consortium 3. The Corner 4. Economic Expansion 5. Community of Interest 6. Vanderbilt 7. Marc Hanna 8. The Creation of Political Leadership 9. Roosevelt 10. The Business of the Presidency 11. The Maritime Subsidy Bill 12. Roosevelt Rises 13. A Rift Between Friends 14. The Subsidy Bill Under Debate In Congress 15. Opposition in Congress 16. The Loyal Opposition 17. Pan-American Exposition 18. A New President 19. An Uninvited Agenda 20. The Anti-McKinley 21. Hanna's Last Hurrah 22. Financial Contributions to an Incumbent 23. Harriman and the Far East 24. Competition in the Far East 25. Global Interference 26. The Panic of 1907 27. Roosevelt is Denied the 1908 Race 28. Hill and the Far East 29. Historic Rivalry 30. Free Ships 31. Breathing Life into the IMM 32. The American Invaders! 33. Cunard 34. IMM 35. Lusitania, Aquitania, Mauretania and Titanic 36. Investigation and Aftermath 37. Legacy 38. The End of a Dream Afterword Notes Bibliography Index About the Author
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