Table of Contents
Introduction: Agents Of Transformation ix
Part I The Age of Scoundrels
1 Uncle Daniel and the Commodore 3
2 Chapters of Erie 22
3 Pierpont Morgan's Grand Tour 39
4 The King of Frauds 55
5 The Northern Pacific Panic 68
6 Jay Gould Returns 92
7 Year of Upheaval 107
Part II Morgan and Harriman
8 The Rise of Ned Harriman 131
9 The First Skirmish 146
10 A Community of Interests 159
11 Savior of the Union Pacific 181
12 The Reconstruction 194
13 "A Pig-Headed Affair" 212
14 The Empire Builder 234
15 The Quest for the Burlington 256
Part III The Ghost Dance
16 Peacock Alley 283
17 Lions Guarding the Way 296
18 "A Good-Sized Panic" 310
19 Exhaustion 322
20 The Trustbuster 332
21 "Malefactors of Great Wealth" 343
Epilogue: The End of an Epoch 365
Acknowledgments 373
Notes 375
Bibliography 403
List of Illustration Credits 410
Index 412