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C O N T E N T S List of Figures and Tables ix Preface xi 1. Prelude 1 2. The Little Railroad That Could 6 3. Stately Edifices and Lofty Spires 18 4. Go West, Young Man 38 5. The Benevolence of the Butcher 60 6. Mister Mayor 73 7. Harnessing the Iron Horse 96 8. The First Businessman 121 9. The Best of Everything 142 10. Building an Empire 157 11. An Overgrown Gawk of a Village 176 12. The Minnow Swallows the Whale 196 13. The Gates of Hell 221 14. Out of the Ashes 244 15. A Whole-Souled Man 258 Notes 269 Bibliography 289 Index 301  ...

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