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| Invisible Giants: The Empires of Cleveland's Van Sweringen Brothers |
| By : Herbert H., Jr. Harwood |
One of the most dazzling business phenomena of the 1920s, Cleveland's two bachelor Van Sweringen brothers seemingly came out of nowhere to control the country's largest railroad network—while simultaneously creating the model upper-class suburb of Shaker Heights, Ohio, Cleveland's landmark Terminal Tower building, and an innovative "city within a city" complex unduplicated in 20th-century urban design. Personally, though, they were enigmas to almost everyone—quiet, conservative, self-effacing, and reclusive, they were also formidably aggressive, expansive and highly creative.
Publisher: Indiana University Press List Price: 49.95 Customer Rating: 5 / 5.0 
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