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people. of course here you are in this packed room. it is just such a wonderful event, and we are both deeply honored to be here and be a part of it. we are just going to have an informal chat and talk about p.j.'s work, and then we will open it up for questions at the end. let me start by saying that as a biographer myself, someone who thought that i actually knew how to write and have some potential to be a writer, after reading your vanderbilt book as well as your jesse james book, but especially, i think, the vanderbilt book, i have to now go into therapy. [laughter] it is just, ...

to be a writer, after reading your vanderbilt book as well as your jesse james book, but especially, i think, the vanderbilt book, i have to now go into therapy. [laughter] it is just, just beautifully written. never could i imagine that so many deals could be made so exciting and so fascinating. and i love your organizing principle. how did you decide on using the contest over vanderbilt will when he died as the sort of on trade and then sort of talking point all the way through the book. i thought it was very cinematic and it worked well. >> before i answer the question i really wa...

a little over 30,000. when he was five, george washington died. 240 miles away at mount vernon, washington d.c. it took seven days for the news to travel to new york city. it wind cornelius vanderbilt died in 1877 the first telephone had been installed in the white house. during the lifetime of the first taken america moved from being of world agricultural society to a corporate industrial economy. this colossal change is eliminated by mr. styles in his book about mr. vanderbilt. leading into this conversation is paul hutton, our neighbor from mexico. an eminent historian, professor ...