Tycoon's War: How Cornelius Vanderbilt Invaded a Country to Overthrow America's Most Famous Military Adventurer
Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, History
Stephen Dando-Collins tells how Cornelius Vanderbilt fought William Walker, the American adventurer who seized control of Nicaragua in the 1850s. Walker's actions threatened Vanderbilt's lucrative transit route between the Atlantic and Pacific. The book follows how Vanderbilt funded and directed a campaign by Central American armies and mercenaries to drive Walker out, mixing business rivalry, filibuster politics and war in a little-known episode of American history.
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- Shane Parrish: “Sources for this Outliers episode on Cornelius Vanderbilt: The First Tycoon and Tycoon's War.”