Description: American Disruptor : The Scandalous Life of Leland Stanford, Paperback by De Wolk, Roland, ISBN 0520383230, ISBN-13 9780520383234, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Therags-to-richesstory ofSilicon Valley's original disruptor. American Disruptoris the untold story of Leland Stanford ' from his birth in a backwoods bar to the founding of the world-class university that became and remains the nucleus of Silicon Valley.The life of this robber baron, politician, and historic influencer is the astonishing tale of how one supremely ambitious man became this country's original disruptor ' reshaping industry andengineering one of the greatest raids on the public treasury for America's transcontinental railroad, all while living more opulently than maharajas, kings, and emperors. It is also the saga of howStanford, once a serial failure,overcame all obstacles to become one ofAmerica's most powerful and wealthiest men, using his high elective office to enrich himself before losing the one thing that mattered most to him'his only child and son. Scandal and intrigue would follow Stanford through his life, and even after his death, when his widow was murdered in a Honolulu hotel'a crime quickly covered up by the almost stillborn university she had saved.Richly detailed and deeply researched,American Disruptorrestores Leland Stanford's rightful placeas a revolutionary forceand architect of modern America.
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Book Title: American Disruptor : the Scandalous Life of Leland Stanford
Number of Pages: 344 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Item Height: 1 in
Topic: United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Political, Historical
Publication Year: 2021
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 19.2 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Roland De Wolk
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
