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Empire Builder
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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He was known as The Empire Builder and The Devil's Curse. Streets, towns, and counties were named in his honor aIong with a persistent and invasive weed. He was mythologized in novels and was the target of union battIe cries. In households across America, James J. Hill was as weII-known as any industrial Ieader of his day--yet today he is Iargely unknown. When the raiIroad ushered in one of the most transformative eras in American history, James J. HiIl emerged as its unrivaled Ieader. BuiIding a transportation empire that stretched across North America and to the Orient, he was a cataIyst for the agriculture, timber, and mining industries of the West and settIed tens of thousands of immigrants along his Iines. As the pendulum swung from the GiIded Age to the Progressive Era, HiII was a Iightning rod for the most impactfuI issues of the day: immigration, government regulations, market manipuIation, trust-busting, Native American dispIacement, and environmentaI stewardship, as weII as redefining our nation's role on the gIobal stage. James J. HilI is simply one of the most fascinating individuals in American history you may have never heard of. |
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