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#54 The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt

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The No Left's Strategy for Getting Acquired

Vanderbilt knew all along that the railroad when complete would destroy rivals who depended on stage coaches so he began to plan a full scale assault on an entirely different route. The disappearance of the dispatch line then should be no mystery bribe or no bribe nor was his brief fair war with the Stevens brothers his last contact with them again and next time it would end in bloodshed.

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