http://www.truthdig.com/allen_barra Truthdig, a Web magazine that provides expert in-depth coverage of current affairs as well as a variety of thoughtful, provocative content assembled from a progressive point of view. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman. en editor@truthdig.com Copyright 2009 2009-05-22T08:00:05+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/ http://www.truthdig.com/images/rss_feed_promo.gif http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20090521_allen_barra_on_cornelius_vanderbilt/ http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20090521_allen_barra_on_cornelius_vanderbilt/ allen barra, biography, book, business, cornelius vanderbilt, economy, review, t.j. stiles, the first tycoon, tycoon, Book Review

A new and outrageously entertaining biography of America’s first tycoon by T.J. Stiles, one of our best younger historians, sheds new light on the monumental life of what Stiles rightly calls “an instinctive predator” and his mixed and enduring legacy.

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At last, a revisionist takedown of our 40th president, portrayed as an empty suit too often lauded by the common people he betrayed.

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Frank Langella as Nixon in the new Ron Howard movie does his best, but no one did Nixon like Nixon.

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