The Life and Legend of E. H. Harriman
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: March 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 544
ISBN-13: 9780807825174
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; American history: from c 1900 -; Biography: general; Railway technology & engineering; Railway transport industries; Industrial Management; Business History; Railroads; Railroads - History; Business & Economics; Biography / Autobiography; History; Biography/Autobiography; USA; Capitalists and financiers; Business; Historical - U.S.; Business & Economics / Industrial Management; United States; United States - 19th Century; 1848-1909; Biography; Harriman, Edward Henry,
First sentence: For a time early in the nineteenth century the Harriman family seemed destined to an inglorious end in a watery grave.