The Life and Legend of E. H. Harriman
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| Rating | : | 4.72 (619 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0807825174 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 544 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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Harriman was as familiar a name as J. To Americans living in the early twentieth century, E. H. Like his fellow businessmen, Harriman (1847-1909) had become the symbol for an entire industry: Morgan stood for banking, Rockefeller for oil, Carnegie for iron and steel, and Harriman for railroads. Morgan, and Theodore Roosevelt.With its new insights into the myths and controversies that surround Harriman's career, this book reasserts his legacy as one of the great turn-of-the-century business titans.Originally published 2000.A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.. A Wall Street banker until age fifty, Harriman c
"Great bio of a very complex person" according to cfranco. Mr Klien has done it again. I read Mr. Klein's The Life And Legend of Jay Gould with much anticipation and found it to be very engaging. That is exactly how i felt about his latest endeavor, The Life and Legend of E.H. Harriman. Mr. Klien handles a complex person with much skill and depth. He brings to life a monumental person who was both very complex and yet very human. His use of the social and cul. A great man deserves a better biography. Demosthenes E.H. Harriman is one of the most important figures in North American railroad history. Yet this book is a frustrating, and ultimately unsatisying read.Why?It might have been entitled "As far as I am concerned, Harriman can do no wrong". There is great irony in Klein's disclaimer of the previous captive biography by Kennan (no, no that George Kennan, an earlier one).Consider at page 76, or page 170, wh. Francisco Mariategui said Excellent book. A most remarkable entrepreneur and visionary that revolutionized the management of railroads. What Alfred T. Sloan did for the auto industry and John D. Rockefeller for the oil industry, E.H. Harriman did for transforming, modernizing and scaling the railroad industry to profitability and operational efficiency.
Known as "the Colossus of RailRoads," having transformed himself at age 50 from Wall Street banker to audacious transcontinental octopus, Harriman (1847-1909) spent his late years developing, acquiring, merging and modernizing railroads from the Union Pacific to the Burlington. Klein bogs down in the minutiae of banking and railroading, and yet it is difficult for readers to evaluate the size of Harriman's fortune since Klein never translates the dollar values into today's terms. The book suffers from an overabundance of cliches, however, and lacks the clarity of a central organizing theme. Still, by the close of this sprawling epic tale--on the afternoon of Harriman's burial when every train in the magnate's dominion was momentarily stilled, bringing the nation to a near halt--Klein succeeds in persuading us