ec thomas durrant was a bassoon. tommy siemer was corrupt at large that competent.james hervey was a racist brutal peer grenville dodge is a liar and an eclectic hater who hated loudly and demonstrably. stan brenner is a bassoon. curt lister and was obtuse and the cackle of the southern pacific executives and a whole bunch you named were divided coro some petulant arrogant and inept men. that sounds a little bit like matthew joseph. you see in your introduction that you think the robert pear and interpretation of history is likely to be the low quickly misinterpretation of what you try to learn. so given that town in the way you do with individual robber baron, how was the teacher your account really is distinguishable at its analytic war from the matthew joseph accounts the mobile the whole rather current theory? >> after 10 or 12 years, much of that is paraphrasing what they said about each other. i'll give you one quote. it was the golden age of american betrayal. so when i quote something, i often think this is pretty mild compared to what they're saying about e

you say of thomas durrant that he was a buffoon. john murray forbes was near money.silas see what was corrupt and largely incompetent. james harvey's stonebridge was a racist. randall dodge was a liar and an eclectic hated the way to do loudly and a monstrously. sam brandon was a buffoon, another one. folks and was belligerent and obtuse. and a gaggle of southern pacific executives were a divided course and petulant arrogant and inept men. that sounds a little bit like matthew joseph. you say in your introduction that you think the robert pear interpretation of history is likely to be, the most likely misinterpretation of what you try to argue. given that tone and the we do with individual robber barons, how i is that your account is distinguishable in his analytical court from matthew josephson's account and the whole robert pear three? >> one of things after 1012 years of reading the correspondence, much of that is paraphrasing what they said about each other. i gave you one quote. it was the golden age, so when i quote something i often think this is actually pret