Download or read book Edward Henry Harriman Classic Reprint written by John Muir and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-22 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Edward Henry Harriman This busy world none that I know of more ably and manfully did his appointed work than my friend Edward Henry Harriman. He was always ready and able. The greater his burdens, the more formidable the obstacles looming ahead of him, the greater was his enjoyment. He fairly revelled in heavy dynamical work and went about it naturally and unweariedly like glaciers mak ing landscapes, cutting canyons through ridges, carrying off hills, lay ing rails and bridges over lakes and rivers, mountains and plains, making. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Edward Henry Harriman written by Clarence James Housman and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-09 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Edward Henry Harriman: A Prince of Men The outstanding figures in the recent financial history of America and, of them all, Mr. Edward Henry Harri man was by far the biggest man in many ways. He was a greater man than most of his countrymen realized while he lived, but those who were fortunate enough to see him at close range realized this, and time will re veal him to others for what he was. And so I have long desired to make this little record of my intimate glimpses of the man - felt it in a way my duty to bear witness to the largeness of spirit, the unvarying courtesy and gentleness of one who was anything but what the careless, hasty newspaper chronicles of his day. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Edward Henry Harriman written by Otto Hermann Kahn and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-25 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Edward Henry Harriman: An Address Delivered Before the Finance Forum in New York on January 25, 1911 Mr. Harriman was but at the threshold of his successes, and had not yet acquired the commanding prestige which came to him in later years, and which, when once attached to a. Man's name and personality, naturally adds very greatly to his influence over other people. At the time I speak of, he had been invited to take an interest in a cer tain property, and though not greatly caring for the propo sitiou, had accepted. A few months afterwards the people who had sought Mr. Harriman's co-operation suddenly sold out their holdings in the property to a group of men who thereupon proceeded to assume the control now rightfully theirs, and to substitute themselves and their appointees in place of Mr. Harriman and his colleagues. Having, myself, a somewhat indirect interest in the situation, I had occasion to discuss it with him, and referred to the cessation of his short lived connection with the property, which I took as a matter of course. To my surprise, he interrupted me, calling out Hold on. Not so fast! I am not through with this thing yet, by any means. I can't be played fast and loose with like this. I did not care particularly to go into it, as you know but, having been urged to do so and having done so, I am in it to stay. I replied, Of course, you have a just grievance against the men who have quit. Having asked you of their own initi ative to co-operate with them, it was a mean and improper act on their part to sell out without first conferring and consulting with you. But it's done, the newcomers are in rightful control, it's no use making a fuss, and it seems to me that the best, and indeed the only thing for you to do is to look pleasant and get out. As a matter of fact, why should vou care? That property is of very little interest to you. He reiterated his view, and his determination not to give in. I said, Well, what are you going to do about it? They have the right to turn you out without ceremony, if you do not give way gracefully. He answered, I don't know yet. I'll just stand pat and not budge, and watch. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book E H Harriman Vol 1 Classic Reprint written by George Kennan and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from E. H. Harriman, Vol. 1 In writing this biography of E. H. Harriman I found it practically impossible to describe his many and varied activities in chronological sequence, year by year, as one might do in the case of a man who worked only in a single field and took up only one thing at a time. In every year after 1899 he was carrying on at least two or three, and sometimes half a dozen, important enterprises simultaneously; and to narrate events by years would render it necessary to put into every year a scrap, or fragment, of everything that he was doing that year, and thus make the biography a series of superimposed literary sandwiches, each made up of a slice of the Boys' Club, a slice of the Union Pacific, a slice of the Southern Pacific, etc. This would break up three or four continuing enterprises into eight or ten intermixed installments, and tend not only to confuse the reader, but to deprive each achievement of the interest that it might have if treated separately as a whole. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book E H Harriman Vol 2 Classic Reprint written by George Kennan and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2019-01-07 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from E. H. Harriman, Vol. 2 Contest with Stuyvesant Fish over unauthorized disposal Of Illinois Central funds Removal Of Fish from presidency. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book E H Harriman s Far Eastern Plans Classic Reprint written by George Kennan and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-21 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from E. H. Harriman's Far Eastern Plans American commerce in the Far East; but beyond this, with the details not yet worked out, was a plan for a round the-world transportation line, under unified American control, by way of Japan, Manchuria, Siberia, European Russia and the Atlantic Ocean. Such a railroad and steamship line, if success fully established, would unite for com mercial purposes four of the most popu lous countries on the globe; and would enable the United States not only to take a commanding position in the Ori ent, but to supply the wants and direct in some measure the commercial activi ties oi hundreds of millions of people in the least developed parts of Europe and Asia. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book EDWARD HENRY HARRIMAN AN ADDRE written by Otto Hermann 1867-1934 Kahn and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Edward Henry Harriman Primary Source Edition written by John Muir and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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Download or read book E H Harriman written by George Kennan and published by Cosimo, Inc.. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born Edward Henry Harriman in 1848 of an ordained deacon father in the Presbyterian Church and well-connected socialite mother, Young Edward attended private school in New Jersey and New York, but dropped out at age 14 to take a job as a Wall Street errand boy. He moved up rapidly to become a managing clerk and, ultimately, became a stockbroker with a seat on the New York stock exchange. Harriman began investing his own money in railway stocks, and even married into a railroad family. In 1881, he bought his first railroad company outright in upstate New York and his name soon became synonymous with "railroad." Volume 1 of this two-volume biography includes Harriman's boyhood, early life and the founding of the first Boys? Club on the East Side of New York. Also covered in detail is his entrance in the railroad industry, and its reorganization and expansion across America. Information on his pioneering expedition to Alaska is included as well.
Download or read book The Salton Sea written by George Kennan and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-17 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Salton Sea: An Account of Harriman's Fight With the Colorado River I desire gratefully to acknowledge my in debtedness to the Smithsonian Institution, the U. S. Reclamation Service, the U. S. Geological Survey, the American Society of Civil Engi neers, and the ofiicials of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, for their courtesy in fur nishing me information, or permitting me to make use of their maps, diagrams and illus. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book E H Harriman written by Lloyd J. Mercer and published by Beard Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1) half title page 2) blank page 3) full title page 4) copyright page Do not put Lightning logo on cover A CD of the complete book is to be furnished to Beard Books upon proof approval.
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Download or read book Nature s State written by Susan Kollin and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2018-06-15 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engaging blend of environmental theory and literary studies, Nature's State looks behind the myth of Alaska as America's "last frontier," a pristine and wild place on the fringes of our geographical imagination. Susan Kollin traces how this seemingly marginal space in American culture has in fact functioned to alleviate larger social anxieties about nature, ethnicity, and national identity. Kollin pays special attention to the ways in which concerns for the environment not only shaped understandings of Alaska, but also aided U.S. nation-building projects in the Far North from the late nineteenth century to the present era. Beginning in 1867, the year the United States purchased Alaska, a variety of literary and cultural texts helped position the region as a crucial staging ground for territorial struggles between native peoples, Russians, Canadians, and Americans. In showing how Alaska has functioned as a contested geography in the nation's spatial imagination, Kollin addresses writings by a wide range of figures, including early naturalists John Muir and Robert Marshall, contemporary nature writers Margaret Murie, John McPhee, and Barry Lopez, adventure writers Jack London and Jon Krakauer, and native authors Nora Dauenhauer, Robert Davis, and Mary TallMountain.
Download or read book The Life and Legend of E H Harriman written by Maury Klein and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2003-06-19 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To Americans living in the early twentieth century, E. H. Harriman was as familiar a name as J. P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, and Andrew Carnegie. 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. Here, Maury Klein offers the first in-depth biography in more than seventy-five years of this influential yet surprisingly understudied figure. A Wall Street banker until age fifty, Harriman catapulted into the railroad arena in 1897, gaining control of the Union Pacific Railroad as it emerged from bankruptcy and successfully modernizing every aspect of its operation. He went on to expand his empire by acquiring large stakes in other railroads, including the Southern Pacific and the Baltimore and Ohio, in the process clashing with such foes as James J. Hill, J. P. 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.
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Download or read book Harriman vs Hill written by Larry Haeg and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1901, the Northern Pacific was an unlikely prize: a twice-bankrupt construction of the federal government, it was a two-bit railroad (literally—five years back, its stock traded for twenty-five cents a share). But it was also a key to connecting eastern markets through Chicago to the rising West. Two titans of American railroads set their sights on it: James J. Hill, head of the Great Northern and largest individual shareholder of the Northern Pacific, and Edward Harriman, head of the Union Pacific and the Southern Pacific. The subsequent contest was unprecedented in the history of American enterprise, pitting not only Hill against Harriman but also Big Oil against Big Steel and J. P. Morgan against the Rockefellers, with a supporting cast of enough wealthy investors to fill the ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria. The story, told here in full for the first time, transports us to the New York Stock Exchange during the unfolding of the earliest modern-day stock market panic. Harriman vs. Hill re-creates the drama of four tumultuous days in May 1901, when the common stock of the Northern Pacific rocketed from one hundred ten dollars a share to one thousand in a mere seventeen hours of trading—the result of an inadvertent “corner” caused by the opposing forces. Panic followed and then, in short order, a calamity for the “shorts,” a compromise, the near-collapse of Wall Street brokerages and banks, the most precipitous decline ever in American stock values, and the fastest recovery. Larry Haeg brings to life the ensuing stalemate and truce, which led to the forming of a holding company, briefly the biggest railroad combine in American history, and the U.S. Supreme Court ruling against the deal, launching the reputation of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes as the “great dissenter” and President Theodore Roosevelt as the “trust buster.” The forces of competition and combination, unfettered growth, government regulation, and corporate ambition—all the elements of American business at its best and worst—come into play in the account of this epic battle, whose effects echo through our economy to this day.
