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The Nobel Family Dynasty
- ▶ 21:54 David Senra So keep in mind, this is two years after the American Civil War.
How Cornelius Vanderbilt Invaded a Country to Overthrow America's Most Famous Military Adventurer
- ▶ 54:51 David Senra During the Civil War, he chartered a number of his steamships to the U.S. government, which converted them into warships.
Paul Graham (How To Do Great Work)
- ▶ 13:31 David Senra Then something completely out of his control, the Civil War, comes and causes him to flee, to go out west, and have all these series of adventures.
Mark Twain's Biography
- ▶ 3:56 David Senra Like Huckleberry Finn, he learned early on to light out at the first time of trouble, and when the Civil War erupted, he already had one foot out the door. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 51:47 David Senra Then something completely out of, out of his control, the Civil War comes, causes him to flee, go out west, and he has all these series of adventures, turns from Samuel Clemens into Mark Twain, meets a bunch of people.
Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick's Bitter Partnership
- ▶ 11:35 David Senra The incidence of sabotage on the north's rail lines had greatly increased during the Civil War.
The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie
- ▶ 34:34 David Senra We're still right before the, um, uh, the civil war. 2 times in the scene
The Biography of Thomas Edison
- ▶ 19:29 David Senra So it says Edison could find work almost anywhere because the need for telegraphers was so urgent during the Civil War.
- ▶ 25:36 David Senra And so his first invention flops, I'm going to skip over that because I thought this was just fascinating, and this leads to so many opportunities after this, and it's a great example of that maxim that you and I always talk about that…