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Founders Notes: Cornelius Vanderbilt

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Cornelius Vanderbilt (Tycoon's War) David Senra That is an excerpt from the book we talk to you about today, which is Tycoon's War: How Cornelius Vanderbilt Invaded a Country to Overthrow America's Most Famous Military Adventurer, who, in turn, had previously invaded multiple countries, that's William Walker, and this book was written by Steven Dando-Collins. So I first read this book about five years ago. And the great thing about the book is it's a biography, really a joint biography of Vanderbilt and William Walker, but it starts right in the middle of the story. And so it will give us a background on both the early life of Cornelius Vanderbilt and William Walker, but the entire story, 90% of the book, is about this war that happens when William Walker invades Nicaragua, winds up becoming -- making himself president of the country and then making this very fatal mistake of taking some of Cornelius' property and other business assets that Cornelius had in Nicaragua. And so I would say, out of all the people that you and I study together on this podcast I don't think there is -- in many cases, there's some kind of historical equivalent. There's somebody that was very similar to th

Cornelius Vanderbilt (Tycoon's War) David Senra That is an excerpt from the book we talk to you about today, which is Tycoon's War: How Cornelius Vanderbilt Invaded a Country to Overthrow America's Most Famous Military Adventurer, who, in turn, had previously invaded multiple countries, that's William Walker, and this book was written by Steven Dando-Collins. So I first read this book about five years ago. And the great thing about the book is it's a biography, really a joint biography of Vanderbilt and William Walker, but it starts right in the middle of the story. And so it will give us a…

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