Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Prologue: January 2, 1875 -- 1. Modest Beginnings -- 2. From Protégé to Partner -- 3. Steamboat Kings -- 4. A Man of Iron and Steel -- 5. Anti-Slavery Politics and Civil War -- 6. A New Vision for the Midwest -- 7. Expanding an Empire -- 8. A Will and a Princess -- Epilogue: A Legacy Forgotten -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
A Gilded Age industrialist becomes Michigan's wealthiest resident and helps shape the nation
