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THANK YOU FOR COMING EVERYONE TO THIS EVENING, IS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE AT THE LIBRARY WHICH IS, ONCE... |
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AND ALL BEFORE LUNCHTIME HE MEANT JUST THE JUST POSITION OF SKILLS AS A GREAT DEAL ABOUT WHAT AMERICA... |
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WELL, I'M GOING TO DO PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES AND SAY THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE. AS JEANNE MENTIONED... |
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WHERE HE SEEMS TO BE AMAZINGLY HANDS ON. |
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I THINK THAT IS TRUE. AT THE END OF HIS LIFE MUCH LESS SO. DURING HIS WHEN HE WAS A RAILROAD CHIEF... |
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INTERESTINGLY OASIS SEEMS ABLE TO OUT COMPETE OTHERWISE WHETHER ON STEAMSHIPS OR ON RAILROADS, ALWAYS... |
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IT IS NOT A VERY SEXY SUBJECT, BUT THAT IS A CONSISTENT TRADE THAT UC AND MANAGERS WHO ARE SUCCESSFUL,... |
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IN IRAQ NEAR THE END OF THE BOOK AND HAVE THE START OF THE GRANGE AND IN THE POPULIST MOVEMENT FROM... |
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THEY ARE SAYING THAT THEY ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SPECIAL LEGISLATION BY THOMAS A. SCOTT WOULD GET... |
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IN THAT SENSE IT WAS A ROUGH-AND-TUMBLE BUSINESS TIME WITH YOU DO FIND BUSINESS ARE PUBLIC ETHICS.... |
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THAT IS A REALLY INTERESTING TRADED HIS BECAUSE IS A BUSINESS PIERCE HAVE THIS SORT OF LOVE-HATE IS... |
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AND MANY OF THE MORE PANIC AND HANGING ON FOR THE LIFE ENSURING SANS BERSTEIN BOTH. |
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THERE WERE TWO SETS OF PASSENGERS, THE ONES WHO ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE RISING AND ONE CENSUS BUMPING... |
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IN YOUR BOOK, BUT THAT ALL OF IT, A SORT OF NIA CONNERLY REWORKED HAD SENSE OF LA MCCOMBER THAT WAS... |
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AND THAT IS INTERESTING TO AND A SENSE THAT YOU GO FROM THIS EARLY ERA OF, YOU KNOW STEAMBOATS FOR... |
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AND HE ALMOST DID. |
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THE PASSENGERS ON THE OTHER FERRY WHEN THEY GOT TO STATEN ISLAND THEY WRECKED ON THE FERRY HOUSE IN... |
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CAN THIS FAMOUS RIVALRY IN THE AMERICAN PRESSED BETWEEN THESE BUSINESSMEN. |
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AND THEY ACTUALLY STAR JONES PRINTING STOCK CERTIFICATES. THEY GET A PRINTING PRESS AND START PRINTING... |
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YEAH, THERE WERE STRICT LAWS THAT REGULATED HOW MUCH YOU COULD, HOW MANY SHARES HE COULD ISSUE TO... |
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HE KIND OF NEVER GAVE THEM FOR IT. THEY WERE TRYING TO CONTACT JIM THINSKINNED SAFEHOUSES. |
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ONE OF MY FAVORITE EXAMPLES OF THAT, ABOUT THE TIME OF THE CIVIL WARS WHEN VANDERBILT STARTS TO GO... |
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IT IS NOT PERSONAL, IT IS BUSINESS AND IT IS FUNNY TOO BECAUSE THE STORY IN OBVERT LEE SHOWS THE WHOLE... |
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THIS. |
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IS SPECIAL IN THE CASE OF CUBA. AFTER THE FALL OF THE SPANISH EMPIRE IN LATIN AMERICA, OF COURSE CUBA... |
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IS GENERAL SHIPPED CONSISTED OF WATERING FRONTAL ATTACKS AGAINST COMPLETELY WELL DUG-IN POSITIONS.... |
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WHICH REFLECTED THE FILIBUSTER ATTITUDE, THE NORTH AMERICAN ATTITUDE TOWARD LET AMERICA. WE ARE AMERICANS... |
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AND WALKER IS DOING ALL THESE THINGS LIKE COME HE BRINGS BACK SLAVERY INTO NICARAGUA, JUST HORRIBLE.... |
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HE HAD NO INTEREST IN-- AND THE NAPOLEONIC KITCHENS THAT HE WOULD CONQUERER ALL OF LATIN AMERICA SO... |
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OR MERTZ SAYS. THIS ONE AMERICAN SCOTT I THINK WAS DOWN THERE. CAPTAIN SCOTT BUT VANDERBILT AS THE... |
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THE ENTIRE WAR, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITH OF LIVED IF AND BUILT SAID DONOUGH GUY INITIALLY SAID TELLS... |
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IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE VANDERBILT UNSELL. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MOST LOGICAL FOR THE CANAL TO GO THROUGH... |
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IT SEEMS THAT WAY. I DON'T KNOW THE LATER HISTORY, OF WHAT HAPPENED. I DO KNOW THAT ONE OF THE CONSEQUENCES... |
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ONE OF WALKER'S THINGS IN THE MIDST OF THE WAR HE ENDS UP BURNING DOWN THE CAPITOL. HE HAS JUST REALLY... |
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ABSOLUTELY, IT REALLY WAS DEVASTATING AND SURELY IN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL. HE WAS A DOCTOR EAGLE... |
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ONE OF THESE THINGS WE HAVE COMPLETELY BLANK FROM OUR PAST. IT DOES NOT EXIST IN AMERICA ANYMORE AND... |
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A MOVIE WITH THE MESSAGE THAT HAD HELICOPTERS COMING IN. |
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IT IS VERY STRANGE. ANOTHER PART OF VANDERBILT AT WAR, THE WHOLE THING FOR, IN WHICH YOU WOULD HAVE... |
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AND AGAIN, THIS GOES TO THE KIND OF COMPLEX NATURE OF VANDERBILT BECAUSE HE WAS SOMEBODY WHO FIRMLY,... |
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IT WAS MUCH FASTER THAN THE MERRIMACK AND HAVE HIS RAM SO COULD MANEUVER. |
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OR SIMPLY RUN IT DOWN, AND THEN HE REQUIP DEBT AS A CRUISER TO GO AFTER THE CONFEDERATE COMMERCE,... |
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A HARD MAN TO LIVE WITH IT SEEMS, A HARD MAN ON HIS FAMILY. YOU KIND OF HINT THAT HE TOOK OUT A LOT... |
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HE ACTUALLY, SOMETHING I FOUND OUT IN THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES WITH THE HELP OF THE STAFF THERE, THE... |
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5 FEET TALL, 200 POUNDS, STRAIGHT AS AN INDIAN. |
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STANDING STRAIGHT AND TALL AS AN INDIAN AS HIS LONGTIME CLERK PUT IT, AND THIS IS A GUY WHO GOT INVOLVED... |
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DID NOT EVEN DIE IN THE BATTLEFIELD. VANDERBILT WAS VERY BROKEN UP ABOUT IT AND I THINK IT CONTRIBUTED... |
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THE HOLD TORTURE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FIRST WIFE AND HE PUT IN AN ASYLUM FOR A WHILE AND THEN TOOK... |
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POSSIBLE. IS VERY HARD TO KNOW. |
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THE THING ABOUT THE STATUTE FOR A MOMENT, THE PHYSICAL SCENE THAT VANDERBILT SHAPED, HE WAS THIS LAND... |
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SOMEBODY TAKING GRAMERCY PARK IN RIPPING IT DOWN AND HAVING A TUNNEL BUILT THERE. |
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150 YEARS LATER, NO ONE HAD EVER HEARD OF GRAMERCY PARK. THIS KIND OF AMAZING HOW FAST NEW YORK WITH... |
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I DON'T KNOW, I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO TRACK DOWN. MAYBE PEOPLE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO IT BUT THIS FREEZE... |
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THERE IS THE COMMON ARE STANDING IN THE TRACK THE KIND OF BREAKS AROUND HIM. THE CARS ARE JUST OVERWHELMED... |
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WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW NEW YORK AT THIS TIME WAS A LOW-RISE CITY. AS DICKENS DESCRIBED IT IN THE... |
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THE MACING DIFFICULTY OF PUTTING IN MODERN INDUSTRIAL POWER TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND... |
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HE TRIED TO OPEN AN UNDERGROUND RAIL SYSTEM ALL THE WAY DOWN TO CITY HALL AND DECIDED IT JUST WENT... |
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ACTUALLY TARGET CORPORATION TO DO IT AND IN THE END DECIDED IT WOULD NOT PAY. |
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WE DECIDED THAT TO THIS DAY TOO. HOW WAS IT IN TERMS OF-- |
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WE ARE GETTING SHORT ON TIME. |
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IN TERMS OF WRITING THE BOOK, HOW WAS THAT-- YOU ALWAYS HEAR BUGGER FOR SAY THEY DO OR DON'T DO SOMEBODY... |
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THAT IS A GOOD NOTE TO GO OUT ON. BRENDA MANNIX WHO IS A GREAT BIOGRAPHER, I THINK SHE ONCE WROTE... |
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AND THE COMPLEXITIES SADLY COMES ACROSS IN THIS OUTSTANDING BOOKS. THANKS VERY MUCH FOR WRITING IT.... |
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THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] I GUESS IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS. [INAUDIBLE] |
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DO WE HAVE A MIC FOR QUESTIONS? |
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OKAY, GREAT. REMEMBER, NOETH RUNNING. ANYBODY? ONE OF THE QUOTES THAT MILLION BAGS BE APOCRYPHAL... |
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YES, THAT IS CONSIDERED THE MOST FAMOUS LETTER PROBABLY IN AMERICAN BUSINESS HISTORY. GENTLEMEN YOU... |
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SO HE WAS ESSENTIALLY AMERICAN. HE WAS GOING TO SUE FIRST. |
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AS A MATTER THAT THIS IS SOMETHING VERY INTERESTING. IN RESEARCHING THIS BOOK THAT COURT RECORDS WERE... |
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IT'S INTERESTING WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR LITIGIOUS SOCIETY TODAY. |
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LITSCH AEGIS SIDEY COME EXACTLY. THE FIRST LAWSUIT THAT DEFILED WAS IN 1816 WHEN HE WAS 22 YEARS ... |
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TO QUESTIONS. FIRST, TO WATCH GOSSIP GIRL? |
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YOU KNOW THERE IS AN ASCENDENT SUPPOSEDLY ON THE SHOW ON GOSSIP GIRL AND LAST WEEK ONE OF THEM SAID... |
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GIVE ME A CHANCE TO ANSWER THAT ONE. |
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IN YOUR ESTIMATION, DID ANY OF THE LATER FIGURES, THE ONES THAT WE NOW KNOW AS THE ROBBER BARONS,... |
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THIS IS A DIFFICULT QUESTION BECAUSE YOU KNOW IF YOU ARE A BIOGRAPHER, YOU AUTOMATICALLY ECHAVESTE... |
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THE MOST COMPARABLE FIGURE IT SEEMS TO ME IN TERMS OF THE HANDS ON BUILDING OF SOMETHING IS FORD, WHO... |
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HIS GIANT LEAPS THAT HE NEPA ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THE BOOK IS ALMOST A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN... |
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THE MIC IS COMING. [INAUDIBLE] IN TERMS OF THIS WHOLE LIFE? |
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THAT IS AN INTERESTING QUESTION BECAUSE THERE IS A BOOK, THE DADE WALL STREET EXPLODED. WE HAVE SEEN... |
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HE WAS EVEN DRAG RACING IN UPPER MANHATTAN. |
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HE WAS THE GUY WHO FELT COULD TAKE YOUR HIMSELF AND I DON'T THINK HE EVER GAVE INTO PERSONAL THREATS,... |
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IT IS INTERESTING HE DIED JUST BEFORE THE KIND OF CLASS WAR IN THE U.S. REALLY HEATS UP IN LATER IN... |
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YEAH AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I TRY TO BRING OUT IN MY BOOK. ONE REASON WHY I AM GLAD THAT YOU ARE... |
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IT WAS HIS GRANDDAUGHTER. AND I THINK IT IS INTERESTING THAT WILLIAM VANDERBILT-- VANDERBILT HAD WHAT... |
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WITH ALL OF HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS, DID HE NEVER THINK OF SCIENCE, MEDICINE? WITH THAT SORT OF GUN? |
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THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION. AS A LITTLE SIDE NO, THROUGH MUCH OF HIS LIFE, WHAT WE THINK OF AS MODERN... |
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WHAT WOULD VANDERBILT SAY TO WILL RIGHT NOW? ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THEIR FINANCIAL SYSTEM AND... |
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HE WOULD WONDER FIRST OF ALL HOW A BLACK MAN BECAME PRESIDENT. I THINK THAT WOULD ASTOUND HIM. THAT... |
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I THINK HE WOULD BE LITTLE ASTONISHED BY BUSINESSMEN WHO EXPECTED THE GOVERNMENT TO BAIL THEM OUT... |
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ABSOLUTELY. |
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HE WOULD BE AMAZED AT THAT, THE IDEA YOU COULD RELY AND SOMEBODY ELSE FOR THE MONEY AND STILL EXPECT... |
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YOU MAKE YOUR BETS AND YOU LIVE BY A THE RESULT WAS HIS BELIEF THAT WHEN HE LOST, HE DID EVERYTHING... |
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T.J. STILES IS THE AUTHOR OF 'JESSE JAMES: LAST REBEL OF THE CIVIL WAR," WHICH WON THE AWARD FOR CIVIL... |
NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.
