Invisible giants : the empires of Cleveland's Van Sweringen brothers /

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Invisible Giants is the Horatio Alger-esque tale of a pair of reclusive Cleveland brothers, Oris Paxton and Mantis James Van Sweringen, who rose from poverty to become two of the most powerful men in America. They controlled the country's largest railroad system a network of track reaching from...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Harwood, Herbert H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington and Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, ©2003.
Temas:
Van Sweringen, Oris Paxton, > 1879-1936.
Van Sweringen, Mantis James, > 1881-1935.
Businessmen > Ohio > Biography.
Real estate development > Ohio > Cleveland > History.
Railroads > Ohio > History.
Hommes d'affaires > Ohio > Biographies.
Promotion immobilière > Ohio > Cleveland > Histoire.
Chemins de fer > Ohio > Histoire.
TRANSPORTATION > Railroads > General.
Businessmen.
Railroads.
Real estate development.
Cleveland (Ohio) > History.
Ohio.
Ohio > Cleveland.
Biography
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Invisible Giants is the Horatio Alger-esque tale of a pair of reclusive Cleveland brothers, Oris Paxton and Mantis James Van Sweringen, who rose from poverty to become two of the most powerful men in America. They controlled the country's largest railroad system a network of track reaching from the Atlantic to Salt Lake City and from Ontario to the Gulf of Mexico. On the eve of the Great Depression they were close to controlling the country's first coast-to-coast rail system a goal that still eludes us. They created the model upper-class suburb of Shaker Heights, Ohio, with its unique rapid tr.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 342 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-332) and index.
ISBN:0253110602
9780253110602
1282072420
9781282072428
9786612072420
6612072423

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