The Investor's Shelf — one person
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Steamship and railroad operator; built the New York Central and the largest American fortune of his era.
6 biographies about them
Biographies about them 6
One outstanding modern biography, a contested rival to it, and a durable 1942 life; the rest of the shelf is family history.
T. J. Stiles · 2009 · Pulitzer and National Book Award winner; the definitive life.
Matthew Josephson · 1934 · The book that fixed Vanderbilt's generation in the public mind.
Wheaton J. Lane · 1942 · The standard mid-century life, still useful on the steamboat years.
Arthur T. Vanderbilt II · 1989 · How the heirs dispersed the fortune; written by a descendant.
Edward J. Renehan Jr. · 2007 · Modern rival to Stiles, two years earlier; Open Library unreachable to verify.
