Harriman vs. Hill: Wall Street's Great Railroad War

by Larry Haeg

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816683646
• ISBN13: 9780816683642
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.2"