Robber Baron The Life of Charles Tyson Yerkes

Name: Robber Baron The Life of Charles Tyson Yerkes
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ISBN: 9780252075179

ISBN-10: 025207517X

ISBN-13: 9780252075179

Edition: 2006

Authors: John Franch

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Standing alongside J. P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, and John D. Rockefeller, Charles Tyson Yerkes (1837-1905) was one of the most colorful and controversial public figures in nineteenth-century America.Robber Baronis the first biography of the streetcar magnate who was the mastermind behind Chicago's Loop Elevated and the London Underground and namesake of the University of Chicago's observatory. Yerkes also served as the inspiration for Frank Cowperwood, the ruthless protagonist of Theodore Dreiser's Trilogy of Desire:The Financier,The Titan, andThe Stoic. Despite various philanthropic efforts, Yerkes and his unscrupulous tactics were despised by the press and public, and he left Chicago a…

Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication date: 1/10/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.474



Acknowledgments



The Inner Light



The Spoils of War



Addition, Division, and Silence



Trial by Fire



Trial by Jury



Judgment Day



Buried Alive



Starting Over



The Phoenix



Mass Transit



Tunnel Vision



Getting a Grip



Strike!



Reaching for the Stars



Crashing the Party



Current Events



An Elevating Prospect



Business and Pleasure



The Temptation of Governor Altgeld



On the Brink



The Franchise War



The Battle of His Life



End Game



London



Building a Monument



The American Invaders



The Final Struggle


Epilogue


Notes


Index