by
J. D. McCabe
Title Page
Frontispiece
PREFACE
± I. MERCHANTS
CHAPTER I. STEPHEN GIRARD.
CHAPTER II. JOHN JACOB ASTOR.
CHAPTER III. ALEXANDER T. STEWART.
CHAPTER IV. AMOS LAWRENCE.
CHAPTER V. ANDREW V. STOUT.
CHAPTER VI. JONAS CHICKERING.
CHAPTER VII. NICHOLAS LONGWORTH.
CHAPTER VIII. GEORGE PEABODY.
± II. CAPITALISTS
CHAPTER IX. CORNELIUS VANDERBILT.
CHAPTER X. DANIEL DREW.
CHAPTER XI. JAMES B. EADS.
CHAPTER XII. CYRUS W. FIELD.
± III. INVENTORS
CHAPTER XIII. ROBERT FULTON.
CHAPTER XIV. CHARLES GOODYEAR.
CHAPTER XV. ELI WHITNEY.
CHAPTER XVI. CHAUNCEY JEROME.
CHAPTER XVII. ELIAS HOWE, JR.
CHAPTER XVIII. RICHARD M. HOE.
CHAPTER XIX. SAMUEL COLT.
CHAPTER XX. SAMUEL F.B. MORSE.
± IV. PUBLISHERS
CHAPTER XXI. JAMES HARPER.
CHAPTER XXII. JAMES T. FIELDS.
± V. EDITORS
CHAPTER XXIII. JAMES GORDON BENNETT.
CHAPTER XXIV. ROBERT BONNER.
± VI. LAWYERS
CHAPTER XXV. JOHN MARSHALL.
CHAPTER XXVI. JAMES T. BRADY.
± VII.ARTISTS
CHAPTER XXVII. BENJAMIN WEST.
CHAPTER XXVIII. JOHN ROGERS.
CHAPTER XXIX. HIRAM POWERS.
CHAPTER XXX. EMMANUEL LEUTZE.
± VIII. DIVINES
CHAPTER XXXI. HENRY WARD BEECHER.
CHAPTER XXXII. PETER CARTWRIGHT.
± IX. AUTHORS
CHAPTER XXXIII. HENRY W. LONGFELLOW.
CHAPTER XXXIV. NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE.
± X. ACTORS
CHAPTER XXXV. EDWIN BOOTH.
CHAPTER XXXVI. JOSEPH JEFFERSON.
± XI. PHYSICIANS
CHAPTER XXXVII. BENJAMIN RUSH.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. VALENTINE MOTT.