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American Disruptor - The Scandalous Life of Leland Stanford
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American Disruptor - The Scandalous Life of Leland Stanford
epub | 8.1 MB | English | Isbn:B07ZVFH5JM |
Author: Roland De Wolk | Pages: 344 | Year: 2019
Description:
American Disruptor is the untold story of Leland Stanford - from his birth in a backwoods bar to the founding of the world-class university that became and remains the nucleus of Silicon Valley. The life of this robber baron, politician, and historic influencer is the astonishing tale of how one supremely ambitious man became this country's original disruptor - reshaping industry and engineering one of the greatest raids on the public treasury for America's transcontinental railroad, all while living more opulently than maharajas, kings, and emperors.
It is also the saga of how Stanford, once a serial failure, overcame all obstacles to become one of America's most powerful and wealthiest men, using his high elective office to enrich himself before losing the one thing that mattered most to him - his only child and son. Scandal and intrigue would follow Stanford through his life, and even after his death, when his widow was murdered in a Honolulu...
Category:History of Western U.S., American Revolution Biographies, Biographies & Memoirs of Criminals
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American Disruptor - The Scandalous Life of Leland Stanford
epub | 8.1 MB | English | Isbn:B07ZVFH5JM |
Author: Roland De Wolk | Pages: 344 | Year: 2019
Description:
American Disruptor is the untold story of Leland Stanford - from his birth in a backwoods bar to the founding of the world-class university that became and remains the nucleus of Silicon Valley. The life of this robber baron, politician, and historic influencer is the astonishing tale of how one supremely ambitious man became this country's original disruptor - reshaping industry and engineering one of the greatest raids on the public treasury for America's transcontinental railroad, all while living more opulently than maharajas, kings, and emperors.
It is also the saga of how Stanford, once a serial failure, overcame all obstacles to become one of America's most powerful and wealthiest men, using his high elective office to enrich himself before losing the one thing that mattered most to him - his only child and son. Scandal and intrigue would follow Stanford through his life, and even after his death, when his widow was murdered in a Honolulu...
Category:History of Western U.S., American Revolution Biographies, Biographies & Memoirs of Criminals
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