The Great Fortunes From Railroads, by Gustavus Myers; Volume 3 of, History Of The Great American Fortunes

Published: Chicago, C.H. Kerr & Company, 1910

The seizure of the public domain, the Vanderbilt fortune, the Gould fortune. The book is more a biography about economic conditions and wealth from railroads, than about the railroads themselves. [Volume 1: Conditions In Settlement And Colonial Times, The Great Land Fortunes. Volume 2: Great Fortunes From Railroads]

CONTENTS:

CHAPTER I .... THE SEIZURE OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN
CHAPTER II .... A NECESSARY CONTRAST
CHAPTER III ....THE BEGINNINGS OF THE VANDERBILT FORTUNE
CHAPTER IV .... THE ONRUSH OF THE VANDERBILT FORTUNE
CHAPTER V .... THE VANDERBILT FORTUNE INCREASES MANIFOLD
CHAPTER VI .... THE ENTAILING OF THE VANDERBILT FORTUNE
CHAPTER VII .... THE VANDERBILT FORTUNE IN THE PRESENT GENERATION
CHAPTER VIII .... FURTHER ASPECTS OF THE VANDERBILT FORTUNE
CHAPTER IX .... THE RISE OR THE GOULD FORTUNE
CHAPTER X .... THE SECOND STAGE OF THE GOULD FORTUNE
CHAPTER XI .... THE GOULD FORTUNE BOUNDS FORWARD
CHAPTER XII .... THE GOULD FORTUNE AND SOME ANTECEDENT FACTORS
CHAPTER XIII .... FURTHER ASPECTS OF THE VANDERBILT FORTUNE