In an astonishing account ranging from washington, d. American libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg. Henry william brands was born in oregon, went to college in california, sold cutlery across the american west, and earned a. Brands is the dickson allen anderson professor of history at the university of texas at austin. American libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library childrens library. But the book disappoints because its very premise is illogical with brands setting this story as capitalism vs. By design a sketch book, brands does a good job of introducing major personalities like vanderbilt, rockefeller, morgan, carnegie, gould and fisk and their economic dynamism that built and defined the industrial age. In this grandscale narrative history, twotime pulitzer prize finalist h. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today.
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