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T. J. Stiles has held the Gilder Lehrman Fellowship in American History at the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library, taught at Columbia University, and served as adviser for the PBS series The American Experience. His first book, Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War, won the Ambassador Book Award and the Peter Seaborg Award for Civil War Scholarship, and was a New York Times Notable Book. He has written for The New York Times Book Review, Salon.com, Smithsonian, and the Los Angeles Times. He lives in San Francisco.
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The First Tycoon
The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
Written by T.J. Stiles
Format: Trade Paperback, 768 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: June 1, 2010
Price: $19.95
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The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
Written by T.J. Stiles
Format: Trade Paperback, 768 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: June 1, 2010
Price: $19.95
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The First Tycoon
The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
Written by T.J. Stiles
Format: Hardcover, 736 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: April 21, 2009
Price: $37.50
A gripping, groundbreaking biography of the combative man whose genius and force of will created modern capitalism.
Founder of a dynasty, builder of the original Grand Central, creator of an impossibly vast fortune, Cornelius “Commodore” Vanderbilt is an American icon. Humbly born on Staten Island during George Washington’s presidency, he rose from... Read more >
The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
Written by T.J. Stiles
Format: Hardcover, 736 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: April 21, 2009
Price: $37.50
A gripping, groundbreaking biography of the combative man whose genius and force of will created modern capitalism.
Founder of a dynasty, builder of the original Grand Central, creator of an impossibly vast fortune, Cornelius “Commodore” Vanderbilt is an American icon. Humbly born on Staten Island during George Washington’s presidency, he rose from... Read more >
The First Tycoon
Written by T.J. Stiles
Format: eBook, 752 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: April 21, 2009
Price: $37.50
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Written by T.J. Stiles
Format: eBook, 752 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: April 21, 2009
Price: $37.50
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The First Tycoon
Written by T.J. Stiles
Read by Mark Deakins
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: April 21, 2009
Price: $32.50
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Written by T.J. Stiles
Read by Mark Deakins
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: April 21, 2009
Price: $32.50
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Jesse James
Last Rebel of the Civil War
Written by T.J. Stiles
Format: Trade Paperback, 544 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: October 28, 2003
Price: $16.95
In this brilliant biography T. J. Stiles offers a new understanding of the legendary outlaw Jesse James. Although he has often been portrayed as a Robin Hood of the old west, in this ground-breaking work Stiles places James within the context of the bloody conflicts of the Civil War to reveal... Read more >
Last Rebel of the Civil War
Written by T.J. Stiles
Format: Trade Paperback, 544 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: October 28, 2003
Price: $16.95
In this brilliant biography T. J. Stiles offers a new understanding of the legendary outlaw Jesse James. Although he has often been portrayed as a Robin Hood of the old west, in this ground-breaking work Stiles places James within the context of the bloody conflicts of the Civil War to reveal... Read more >
