Machine generated contents note: -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Dramatis Personae, 1901 -- Introduction: A Railroad World -- 1. Mr. Morgan and Mr. Hill -- 2. Mr. Harriman and Mr. Schiff -- 3. The End of the "Days of Small Things" -- 4. The Battle for the Burlington -- 5. "Peacemakers" Arming for Combat -- 6. "The Weak Link in Your Chain" -- 7. The Consequences of a "Hostile Act" -- 8. Decision at Temple Emanu-El -- 9. "Hell is Empty and All the Devils are Here" -- 10. Northern Insecurities -- 11. The "Big Stick" -- 12. A Thunderbolt out of the Blue -- 13. Great Cases and Bad Law -- Epilogue: The Last Corner -- Appendixes: -- Associate Justice Holmes Dissent -- 1901 Railroads -- 1901 Wall Street Primer -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
