Renehan, Edward 1956-

The lion's pride : Theodore Roosevelt and his family in peace and war by Edward Renehan ( Book )
11 editions published between 1998 and 2000 in English and held by 1,645 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Renehan vividly portrays the grand idealism, heroic bravery, and reckless abandon the Theodore Roosevelt both embodied and bequeathed to his children--and the tragic fulfillment of that legacy on the battlefields of World War I."

Commodore : the life of Cornelius Vanderbilt by Edward Renehan ( )
8 editions published between 2007 and 2009 in English and held by 1,498 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Using previously unreleased archives, the author narrates the compelling life of Cornelius Vanderbilt: willful progenitor of modern American business. Vanderbilt made his initial fortune in the transportation industry by building ferry and cargo routes for sailing vessels. Then he moved into steamboats and railroads. With the New York Central Railroad, Vanderbilt established the nation's first major integrated rail system, linking New York with Boston, Montreal, Chicago, and St. Louis. At the same time, he played a key role in establishing New York as the financial center of the United States

Dark genius of Wall Street : the misunderstood life of Jay Gould, king of the robber barons by Edward Renehan ( )
9 editions published between 2005 and 2008 in English and held by 1,065 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Jay Gould was the robber baron's robber baron: the greatest financial and business genius of his time and also the most widely hated. Gould was the undisputed master of the nation's railroads and telegraph systems at a time when these were the fastest-growing new technologies of the age. He created new ways of manipulating markets, assembling capital and swallowing his competitors. Many of these methods are now standard practice; others were among the first practices prohibited by the SEC when it came into being in the 1930s. Biographer Renehan combines lively anecdotes with the rich social tapestry of the Gilded Age to create the first balanced biography of a figure whose stature in his era outranks that of Bill Gates, a man who was undoubtedly the greatest financial genius of his age--and one of the inventors of modern business.--From publisher description

The Kennedys at war, 1937-1945 by Edward Renehan ( Book )
5 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 903 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A fascinating portrait of the Kennedy family during World War II follows the family from London in the 1930s through the end of the war, offering fresh perspectives on JFK, his older brother Joe, Jr., his father Joseph, and his socialite sister Kathleen

The secret six : the true tale of the men who conspired with John Brown by Edward Renehan ( Book )
8 editions published between 1995 and 1997 in English and held by 834 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Most Americans know that John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia - a raid he believed would ignite a bloody slave revolution - was one of the events that sparked the Civil War. But very few know the story of how Brown was covertly aided by a circle of prosperous and privileged Northeasterners who supplied him with money and weapons, and, before the raid, even hid him in their homes while authorities sought Brown on a murder charge. The men called themselves the Secret Six. The Secret Six included Thomas Wentworth Higginson, minister, author, and editor of the Atlantic Monthly; Samuel Howe, world-famous physician; Theodore Parker, the Unitarian minister whose rhetoric helped shape Lincoln's Gettysburg Address; Franklin Sanborn, an educator and close friend of Emerson and Thoreau; and the immensely wealthy Gerrit Smith and George Luther Stearns.--Book jacket

Dark genius of Wall Street the misunderstood life of Jay Gould, king of the robber barons by Edward Renehan ( )
7 editions published between 2006 and 2011 in English and held by 770 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Edward J. Renehan, Jr. presents a biography of one of the most hated and most admired American entrepreneurs of all time. Here, he sheds light on Wall Street magnate Jay Gould and his frequently overshadowed creativity. Gould was the quintessential robber baron and the original modern businessman whose financial examples persist even today

John Burroughs : an American naturalist by Edward Renehan ( Book )
4 editions published between 1992 and 1998 in English and Undetermined and held by 641 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Burroughs stayed constant to the transcendental message of his idols - Emerson, Thoreau, and Whitman. During what Mark Twain called the "faithless" era of the Gilded Age, Burroughs urged his readers to go to the woods to develop a relationship with nature that did not "vulgarize it and rob it of its divinity." In this outstanding new book - the first full biography of John Burroughs to be published since 1925 - Edward J Renehan

Commodore the life of Cornelius Vanderbilt by Edward Renehan ( )
4 editions published between 2008 and 2011 in English and held by 600 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Renehan draws upon previously unreleased documents to deliver the definitive biography of Cornelius Vanderbilt, the 19th-century transportation tycoon who accumulated the largest private fortune in U.S. history

Science on the Web : a connoisseur's guide to over 500 of the best, most useful, and most fun science Websites by Edward Renehan ( Book )
9 editions published in 1996 in English and held by 340 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The World Wide Web is loaded with science and science-related material. For everyone who wants to learn more about this amazing resource, Ed Renehan has compiled this fun and informative guide to what's out there, what's interesting, what's new and who's doing it. Whether your interest is in artificial intelligence, Hubble Space Telescope images, or the latest dinosaur findings, the best sources and how to reach them are right here

Pope John Paul II by Edward Renehan ( Book )
4 editions published between 2006 and 2007 in English and held by 310 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Profiles the life of Pope John Paul II as well as his influence on world history