Tycoon's war
Subtitle: how America's richest man invaded a country to overthrow America's most famous military adventurer
By: Stephen Dando-Collins.
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 373
ISBN-13: 9780306816079
Subjects: Vanderbilt, Cornelius, -- 1794-1877; Walker, William, -- 1824-1860; Compañía Accesoria del Tránsito -- History; Businessmen -- United States -- Biography; Filibusters -- Nicaragua -- Biography; Nicaragua -- History -- Filibuster War, 1855-1860; United States -- Military relations -- Nicaragua; Nicaragua -- Military relations -- United States; Nicaragua Canal (Nicaragua) -- History; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1815-1861
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.