Commodore Vanderbilt
An Epic of American Achievement
Corneel flung up that lion head of his, a mingling of amusement and resentment mirrored in his frosty eyes. Steamship, gal, he corrected. Steamboats don't go to sea. The Prometheus is the sightliest craft in these waters. I didn't see her beat in England, either. And I'll tell ye something else. She's the fust ocean steamer ever built with one man's money. A flame of high egotism ennobled his conqueror's face. She's Cornelius Van Derbilt's, as she puts to sea. No other man owns ary dollar of her. She's mine, b'God, mine! -from Chapter IV His name has not endured like those of his contem…
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- ISBN: 978-1-59605-642-8
- EAN: 9781596056428
- Produktnummer: 2199939
- Verlag: Cosimo Classics
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
- Seitenangabe: 400 S.
- Masse: H20.3 cm x B12.7 cm x D2.3 cm 454 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 454
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