Biographer T.J. Stiles

To watch T.J. Stiles discuss The First Tycoon at the New York Public Library, broadcast on CSPAN's BookTV, click here.

Media Center
The Media Center, featuring video and audio files of T.J. Stiles's public appearances and interviews

Dwight Garner on The First Tycoon, New York Times, 04/29/09
"I read eagerly and avidly. This is state-of-the-art biography."

New York Times Book Review (Cover Review of Jesse James), 10/27/02
"So carefully researched, persuasive, and illuminating that it is likely to reshape permanently our understanding of its subject's life and times."

The Vanderblog
A Companion to The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt

December 3, 2009

Here's the presentation of the 2009 National Book Award for Nonfiction, with my acceptance speech.