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Tenants of the earth
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- Description
- "John Tyler Matlock controls most of the rail lines in New York State - except for the vital links into New York City. These are held by Loftus Poynder, his rival of many years. And Poynder's only daughter is married to Matlock's son, Craig. The brutal tactics employed by John Tyler Matlock eventually cause his son to side with his father-in-law. When Poynder dies as a result of a vicious raid by Matlock's goons, he leaves his entire holdings to Craig, thus setting the young man up against his own father. Tenants of the Earth has all the passion and greed, imagination and drive, that characterizes the men who built the great railroad empires in this country. It captures the true historical greatness of the period - one of the most significant in the economic growth of the United States"--Dust jacket flaps.
- Publication date
- [1976]
- Call number
- 644289
