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The Man Who Found the Money: John Stewart Kennedy and the Financing of the Western Railroads

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The Man Who Found the Money: John Stewart Kennedy and the Financing of the Western Railroads - Engelbourg, Saul, and Bushkoff, Leonard
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John Stewart Kennedy (1830-1909) was a Scots immigrant and rags-to-riches entrepreneur who prospered during the railroad-building, boom-and-bust cycles that characterized America's westward drive during the last half of the nineteenth century. Rung by rung, Kennedy pulled himself up the Wall Street ladder. This refreshing, new biography presents Kennedy as one of those critical "Eastern" bankers, who are usually not discussed within the context of to American railroad history. Nonetheless, Kennedy's contribution was ...

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The Man Who Found the Money: John Stewart Kennedy and the Financing of the Western Railroads 1996, Michigan State University Press

ISBN-13: 9780870134142

Hardcover