Machine generated contents note: CONTENTS -- I -- Beginnings -- 1 THE VAN DER BILTS 13 -- 2 PHEBE HAND 26 -- 3 NEW YORK, 1787 34 -- 4 CORNEEL 42 -- II -- The Fortune -- 5 PERIAUGER DAYS 53 -- 6 BELLONA 69 -- 7 THE COMMODORE 85 -- 8 RATE CUTTING AND RAMPAGE 100 -- 9 THE NORTH STAR 116 -- 10 RAILROAD EMPIRE 137 -- 8 Contents -- III -- The Vanderbilt Goal -- 11 NEW YORK CENTRAL 163 -- 1.2 FAST HORSES AND FAST WOMEN 176 -- 13 THE LAST DAYS OF A MOGUL 191 -- 14 DEATH OF THE COMMODORE 204 -- IV -- The Consolidation and the Weakening -- 15 THE GREAT WILL FIGHT .217 -- 16 THE PUBLIC BE DAMNED 237 -- 17 THE TRIUMPH OF WILLIE K. 248 -- 18 THE RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD 260 -- 19 ENTER THE YACHTSMAN 271 -- 20 ENTER THE DUCHESS 285 -- 21 THE MAN WITH THE IRON WILL 298 -- 22 THE UNPLEASANTNESS 310 -- Contents 9 -- V -- The Fragmentation -- 23 THE SCHISM DEEPENS 329 -- 24 TRAGEDY ON THE HIGH SEAS 340 -- 25 THE GENERAL AND THE GENTLEMAN 362 -- 26 THE LAST TRIUMVIRATE 377 -- 27 TRIUMPH OF DEATH AND TAXES 392 -- 28 THE END OF THE LINE 401 -- 29 THE SUMMING UP 406 -- BIBLIOGRAPHY 417 -- INDEX 423.
