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A&E, 15, 20
Duck Dynasty, 2–3, 14–24, 165–66
ABC/Capital Cities, 153
Adams, John, 37
Adams, John Quincy, 87
Adams, Samuel, 44, 220
Adventist Health System, 196
African American entrepreneurs, 133–54, 229
barbershop owners, 145
funeral home owners, 144–45, 154
in insurance industry, 154
Lewis, Reginald F., 145–49, 228
Merrick, John, 140–42, 225
National Negro Business League and, 139, 143, 225–26
Walker, Madam C. J., 134–40, 137, 139, 146, 158, 226
Winfrey, Oprah, 149–51, 209, 228
African Americans:
civil rights movement, 144, 145
integration and, 144
Rockefeller and, 126–28
segregation and, 141, 143–44
slavery and, 43–44, 70, 96, 142, 220, 222
African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) church, 134
agriculture, 97, 101
Green Revolution in, 129
mechanical reaper in, 69, 94–97, 224
Airbnb, 178, 227
Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights, 144
Alcott, Amos Bronson, 217
Aldean, Jason, 18
Alef, Daniel, 114
Amazon, 229
American colonies, 33, 37–38, 43, 219
American entrepreneurs, 1–2, 24–26, 67–68, 99–102, 133, 164, 165, 194, 203
African American, see African American entrepreneurs
Asian American, 164
failures and, 192–93
great moments in history of, 219–29
immigrant, 181
Latino, 158, 162–64, 229
minority, 133–34, 229
religion and, 194–95; see also religion
women as, see women entrepreneurs
young, 193–94
American Express, 162
American Museum of Natural History, 112
American population, 100, 225, 226
American Revolution, 24, 37–38, 43–44, 48, 51–61, 66, 73, 220–21
Anderson, Howard, 80
Angelou, Maya, 215
anger, 200
Angola Horror, 123–24
AOL, 209
Apple, 178, 227, 228
Apprentice, The, 192
Armytage, J. C., 52
Articles of Confederation, 61
Ash, Mary Kay, 138, 158–59, 207, 213
Asian American entrepreneurs, 164
ASK Computer Systems, 157, 227–28
Astor, Brooke, 86
Astor, John Jacob, 80–87, 83, 181, 223
Astor, Sarah, 81
Astor, Vincent, 86
AT&T, 112
Atlantic, 193
Atlantic Philanthropies, 187–89
Auchincloss, Louis, 90
Aweida, Jesse, 181
Bank of North America, 61
Bank of the United States, 64, 74, 222
bankruptcy, 63, 100
banks, banking, 110, 111–12, 114–15, 118, 154, 222
Federal Reserve and, 118
Baptist Church, 119, 120, 126–28
barbershops, 145
Barbie, 156–57, 227
Barton, Bruce, 202–3
Baruch, Bernard, 115
Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company, 168
Battle of Saratoga, 55
Baumol, William, 1–2
BBDO, 202
Beatrice Foods, 147–48, 228
beavers, 35–37, 81, 83, 86–87, 220
Ben & Jerry’s, 228
Benelli Presents Duck Commander, 11–14
Berkshire Hathaway, 183
Bezos, Jeff, 208, 229
Bible, 1, 119–20, 194–97
Entrepreneur’s Code in, see Entrepreneur’s Code
Billionaire Who Wasn’t, The (O’Clery), 188
Black Collegian, The, 153
Black Enterprise, 148, 154
black entrepreneurs, see African American entrepreneurs
Bloomberg, Michael, 213
blue jeans, 70–71, 224
Bogan, Vicki, 144
Boone, Daniel, 67–68
Boston Gazette, 75
Bouton, Terry, 53
Bradshaw, Terry, 3
Brandywine Iron Works and Nail Factory, 156, 223
Branson, Richard, 209
Brin, Sergey, 178, 181, 213, 229
Brinkley, David, 214
Britain, 36–38, 51
Bryan, Luke, 18
Buckland, Gail, 160
buffalo, 70
Buffett, Warren, 106, 182–83, 188, 213, 225
Bundles, A’Lelia, 134
Burns, David M., 207
Burwell, Uriel, 195–96
Bush, George W., 191
Businessweek, 149, 228
Buttonwood Agreement, 221
Cadava, Geraldo L., 163
California Gold Rush, 89, 224
Campbell Soup, 227
Capote, Truman, 216
Carnegie, Andrew, 102–10, 108, 112, 116, 120, 129, 130, 181, 207
Frick and, 106
“The Gospel of Wealth,” 106–7, 186–87, 225
Morgan and, 107
philanthropy of, 106–10, 187–87, 188, 199
Carnegie, Dale, 183, 210, 216
Carnegie Corporation of New York, 108–9
Caruso, Enrico, 138
Case, Steve, 209
Cash, Johnny, 207
Casson, Herbert, 94, 96–97
Catholic Charities, 196
Census Bureau, U.S., 192–93
Center for Women’s Business Research, 162
cereal, 168–69
Kellogg’s Corn Flakes, 168–69, 170, 225
Cha, Derek, 181–82
charity, see philanthropy and charity
Chase Manhattan Bank, 130
Chernow, Ron, 111–12, 122, 124, 125
Cherny, Robert, 125–26
Chesterton, G. K., 213
Chevrolet Motor Company, 226
Chicago, Ill., 95, 144
China, 61, 73, 81, 82, 128, 221
Churchill, Winston, 214
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 196
Cisco, 178, 227
civil rights movement, 144, 145
Civil War, 70, 96, 97, 99, 101, 102, 105, 121, 134, 223, 225
Claiborne, Liz, 157
Clark, Edward, 72
Clark, William, 30
Cleveland, Grover, 114
Clifton, Jim, 192–93
Clinton, DeWitt, 37
Clinton, Henry, 56
CNBC, 161–62
CNN, 93–94
coal, 101, 114
Coca-Cola, 153
cod fishing, 33, 219–20
Cohen, Ben, 228
Collins, Jim, 177–78
Colman, Mike, 184
colonies, American, 33, 37–38, 43, 219
Colt, Samuel, 69–70, 223
Columbus, Christopher, 31
compassion, 198–200, 203
Constitution, U.S., 61–62, 219
Constitutional Convention, 61
Conte, Christopher, 43
Continental Army, 38, 41–42, 52–61
Continental Congress, 44, 51–55, 220–21
Cooper, Anderson, 93–94
copper, 101
Corey, Lewis, 116
corn, 30, 31
Cornell University, 186
Cornwallis, Charles, Lord, 56, 59
corporations, 33–34, 92, 100
Corps of Discovery, 30
cosmetics, 160
Estée Lauder and, 159–61, 161, 214, 227
Mary Kay Ash and, 138, 158–59, 207, 213
cotton gin, 70, 96, 222
courage, 198, 203
Covey, Stephen, 210
Cowen, David, 73, 74
Crapo, Henry, 226
Crocker, Charles, 100
Cronin, John, 189–92
Cronin, Mark, 189–92
Crystal Palace Exhibition, 96
Cumberland Road, 221
Darity, William, Jr., 144
Davis, Jacob, 71
debtor’s prisons, 63, 76, 100
Declaration of Independence, 44, 52, 61, 220
de la Garza Falcón, Blas María, 163
Dell, Michael, 212
Democracy in America (de Tocqueville), 67
Depression, Great, 169, 171, 226, 227
DFS (Duty Free Shoppers), 184–85, 187
Dinkins, David N., 149
Disney, Walt, 174–76, 176, 208, 213, 226–27
Dos Passos, John, 48–49, 55, 66
Douglass, Frederick, 207
Drexel, Anthony, 110
Drexel, Morgan & Co., 110
Drucker, Peter, 2
Du Bois, W. E. B., 139, 142
Duck Commander, 11–14
Duck Commander Company, 2–4, 8, 6–12, 18–19, 21–24, 75, 204
Duck Dynasty, 2–3, 14–24, 165–66
Duck Men, The, 9–10
Duke, Washington, 140–41
Duncan, Isadora, 138
Durant, William “Billy” Crapo, 226
Durham, N.C., 140–42
Dutch settlers, 34–37, 38, 43
Dutch West India Company, 35, 220
DVDs, 18, 19, 109
Dwyer, Jim, 186
Ebony, 151
Edison, Thomas Alva, 116–18, 212, 214
Edison General Electric Company, 118
Einstein, Albert, 213, 215
electricity, 112
Ellison, Larry, 212
Empress of China, The, 61, 221
Entrepreneur, 166, 182
Entrepreneur’s Code, 197–202
Compassion, 198–200, 203
Courage, 198, 203
Humility, 201–2, 203
Integrity, 200–201, 203
Wisdom, 197–98, 203
entrepreneurship:
American, see American entrepreneurs
franchise model of, 180–81
quotes on, 207–17
Erie Canal, 37, 68–69, 223
Euripides, 217
European settlers, 27, 30, 31, 33, 67
Evans, Harold, 160
Facebook, 178, 227, 229
Fantasia, 177
Farber, David, 179
Feather, William, 217
Fedco Foods Corporation, 153
Federal Express (FedEx), 228
Federal Reserve, 118
Feeney, Charles “Chuck,” 183–89, 199, 225
Fields, Debbi, 133
Firestone, Harvey Samuel, 212
First Bank of the United States, 64, 74, 222
fishing, 46, 47–48
cod, 33, 219–20
Flagler, Henry, 123
Flexner, James Thomas, 46
Florida, 123, 162
Miami, 163
Forbes, 150, 153, 157
Ford, Gerald R., 130
Ford, Henry, 118, 167, 209, 211, 214
Ford Motor Company, 118
Fortune, 152, 153, 156, 172, 223
Fortune 500, 148, 157, 227
franchising, 180–81
Franklin, Benjamin, 44, 209, 220
Freedom National Bank, 153
French Academy of Sciences, 97
Frick, Henry Clay, 106
Friedman, Milton, 207
FUBU, 151–52
Fulton, Robert, 68, 89, 222
funeral homes, 144–45, 154
fur, 35, 37, 43, 68, 81–85, 221
Gallup, Inc., 192
Gamble, James, 225
garage start-ups, 178, 227
Garden State Cable, 153
Gardner, Dudley, 28
Garst, Kim, 214
Gaston, Arthur, 144–45
Gates, Bill, 106, 130, 178, 188, 192, 212, 225, 228
General Electric Company, 112, 118
General Foods, 168
General Motors (GM), 179, 226
Gilded Age, 112
Girard, Stephen, 72–75, 86, 181, 199, 212, 221
Girard College, 74–75
Glasow, Arnold, 217
gold, 101, 114
Gold Rush, 89, 224
Google, 178, 181, 227, 229
Gordon, John Steele, 2, 33–35, 38, 69, 123, 194
Gordy, Berry, Jr., 151, 212
“Gospel of Wealth, The” (Carnegie), 106–7, 186–87, 225
Goya Foods, 164
Gracián, Baltasar, 217
Grand Central Terminal, 93
Grand Coulee Dam, 180
Grant, H. Roger, 90
Grant, Ulysses S., 134
Grape-Nuts, 168
Gray, Christopher, 93
Great Britain, 36–38, 51
Great Depression, 169, 171, 226, 227
Great Recession, 193
Greenfield, Jerry, 228
Green Revolution, 129
gross domestic product (GDP), 101, 225
Grove, Andrew, 181
Gunderson, Gerald, 99
guns, 69–70, 223
Gurney, Scott, 14–15
Hamilton, Alexander, 61, 62, 64, 222
Hancock, John, 44, 220
Handler, Ruth, 156–57, 227
Harkness, Stephen, 123
Harpo Studios, 149, 228
Harvard Law School, 146–47
Harvard University, 128, 229
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 215
Hedegaard, Erik, 20–21
Heinrichs, Christine, 97
Hershey, Milton, 212, 225
Hershey Chocolate Company, 225
Hewlett, William, 176–78, 212, 227
Hewlett-Packard (HP), 177–78, 227
Hill, Napoleon, 216
Hilton, Conrad Nicholson, 212
Hoffman, Reid, 209
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 37
Holtz, Lou, 208
Homestead Act, 163
Hone, Philip, 70, 85–86
Hoover Dam, 180
Hopkins, Mark, 100
horses, 31
Hot Wheels, 156–57
Hounshell, David, 105
Howard, Johnny, 18–19
Howard Brothers Discount Stores, 155
Howard family, 4, 12, 13, 15, 20, 155
How to Win Friends and Influence People (Carnegie), 183
Hsieh, Tony, 213
Hudson, Henry, 31–33
Hughes, Langston, 138
Hugo, Victor, 208
humility, 201–2, 203
Huntington, Collis, 100
Hurston, Zora Neale, 138
IBM, 208, 228
ice, 75–79, 77, 78, 223
immigrants, 100, 225, 226
entrepreneurs, 181; see also minority entrepreneurs
Inc., 144
Independence Bowl, 23
Industrial Revolution, 79, 80, 97
Second, 99
initial public offerings (IPOs), 147
insurance industry, 154
Intel, 178, 227
International Harvester, 112
International Mercantile Marine, 112
Internet, 18, 19, 69, 109
integrity, 200–201, 203
Intolerable Acts, 51
iron, 101, 105, 129, 220
Irving, Washington, 216
Ivory Soap, 225
Jamestown, 33–34
jeans, 70–71, 224
Jefferson, Thomas, 69, 82–83, 222
Jenks, Joseph, 2
Jesus Christ, 189, 194, 202–3
Jet, 151
Jobs, Steve, 178, 192, 209, 228
John, Daymond, 151–52, 210
John’s Crazy Socks, 190–92
Johns Hopkins University, 128
Johnson, John H., 151
Johnson, Robert Louis, 211
Johnson, Steven, 76
joint-stock companies, 33–34, 35
Jordan, Michael, 216
J. P. Morgan & Company, 110
Kaiser, Henry J., 180
Kaiser Permanente, 180
Kaiser Shipyards, 180
Karr, Albert, 43
Kauffman Foundation, 193
Kawasaki, Guy, 215
Kay, Mary, 138
Kazin, Michael, 88, 90
Kelleher, Herbert David “Herb,” 210, 211
Keller, Helen, 213
Kellogg, John, 166–69, 225
Kellogg, Will, 167–71, 211, 225
Kellogg Foundation, 171
Kellogg’s Corn Flakes, 168–69, 170, 225
Kennedy, John F., 173–74
Kennedy, Joseph, Jr., 173
Kennedy, Joseph P., 171–74, 173
Kennedy, Robert F., 207
Keoke, Emory Dean, 28
Kimmel, Jimmy, 20
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 145, 208
King Ranch, 163
Knight, Phil, 211
Knights of Columbus, 196
Krass, Peter, 103–4
Kravis, Henry, 216
Kroc, Raymond Albert “Ray,” 180–81, 210, 212
Kurtzig, Sandra, 157, 227–28
La Chua Ranch, 162
Lake Shore Railroad, 124
Lamoreaux, Naomi, 101
Langerhans, Ryan, 18
LaRoche, Adam, 18
Lasky, Betty, 172
Lasky, Jesse, 172
Latino entrepreneurs, 158, 162–64, 229
Lauder, Estée, 159–61, 161, 214, 227
Lee, Bruce, 208
Lefer, David, 160
Leidesdorff, William Alexander, Jr., 143
L’Enfant, Pierre Charles, 62
Lengel, Edward, 44, 45
Leno, Jay, 20
Levchin, Max, 210
Lewis, Meriwether, 83
Lewis, Reginald F., 145–49, 228
Lewis and Clark Expedition, 30, 82
Lifetime, 158
Livingston, Philip, 44, 220
Livingston, Robert, 89
Llewellyn, J. Bruce, 152–53
Lombardi, Vince, 216–17
Lonier, Terri, 85
Louisiana Purchase, 82
love, 199
Lowell, Francis Cabot, 79–80, 222
Lucas, George, 212
Lukens, Rebecca, 156, 223
lumber, 220
LVMH, 188
Macy, Rowland Hussey, 224
Macy’s, 224
Madison, James, 61
Madoff, Bernie, 63
Madsen, Axel, 81
Mandela, Nelson, 207
Man Nobody Knows, The (Barton), 202
March to Valley Forge, The (Trego), 54
Marion, Frances, 172
Markel, Howard, 167
Martin, Tom, 18
Mattel, 157, 227
McCall Pattern Company, 147
McCash, June, 121–22
McClure’s, 129
McCormick, Blaine, 44
McCormick, Cyrus, 69, 94–97, 95, 210, 224
McDonald’s, 180–81, 182
McGrath, Roger, 67–68
Melville, Herman, 213
Menéndez Márquez, Tomás, 162
Men’s Journal, 20
Merrick, John, 140–42, 225
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 112–13
Mexican entrepreneurs, 162–63
Miami, Fla., 163
Michels, Kat, 156
Mickey Mouse, 175–76, 226–27
Microsoft, 178, 228
Miller, Alfred Jacob, 29
Miller, Donald, 116
Miller, Robert, 184–85
Milne, A. A., 208
minority entrepreneurs, 133–34, 229
African American, see African American entrepreneurs
Asian American, 164
Latino, 158, 162–64, 229
Mizner, Wilson, 217
monopolies, 89, 102, 112, 125, 129
Monroe, James, 74
Montesquieu, 217
Moore, Gordon Earle, 210, 227
Moore, Kimberly, 142
Moreno, Arturo, 163–64
Morgan, J. P., 102, 107, 110–18, 111, 113, 117, 126
Edison and, 116–18
nose of, 110–11, 117
Wall Street panic and, 114–16, 226
Morganization, 112, 116
Morgan Library, 113
Morris, Charles, 125
Morris, Herman, 144
Morris, Robert, 41, 42, 48–64, 49, 54, 60, 220–22
real estate investments of, 62–63
Washington and, 41, 42, 48, 49, 53–62, 66, 221
Morse, Samuel, 69, 223–24
Motown Records, 151
Mount Vernon, 45–48, 46, 64–65, 220, 222
Mourning Dove, 27
Mrs. Fields Cookies, 133
Musk, Elon, 181, 209, 211
Nasaw, David, 106
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 23
National Business Hall of Fame, 156
National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association, 154
National Negro Business League, 139, 143, 225–26
Native Americans, 27–34, 29, 32, 38, 68, 70, 81, 84, 100, 162, 164, 219, 223
Navigation Acts, 51
Netherlands, 35, 36
New Amsterdam, 34, 35–36, 38, 43, 220
New England, 33, 43, 44, 75, 78, 80, 143, 219–21
Newfoundland, 30
New York City, 33–37, 34, 42, 43, 56–57, 68–69, 116, 130, 222, 223
Astor and, 80, 82, 85–87
Grand Central Terminal, 93
New York Herald, 86
New York Public Library, 86
New York Stock Exchange, 115, 118, 221
New York Times, 92, 93, 146, 149, 152, 165, 172, 186, 188
New York World, 124
Neyfakh, Leon, 78–79
Nietzsche, Friedrich, 210
Nigeria, 143
Nightingale, Earl, 215
Nobel Prize, 207
Norsemen, 30
North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, 141–42, 225
Northwest Passage, 31–33
Noyce, Robert, 227
O’Brien, Conan, 20
Ochoa, Estevan, 163
O’Clery, Conor, 185, 187, 188
Ogden, William, 95
oil, 101, 122–26, 129, 130, 224
100 Black Men, 152
Outdoor Channel, 11–14
Oxygen Media, 149, 228
Packard, David, 176–78, 227
Page, Larry, 178, 229
Panama Canal, 114
Pan American Airways (Pan Am), 226
Parton, James, 86
Patent Arms Manufacturing Company, 69, 223
patents, 2
Phil Robertson’s duck call, 8
Patton, George S., Jr., 208
PayPal, 210
PCs, 228
Peiss, Kathy, 136
Penn, William, 33
Pennsylvania, 33
Pennsylvania Railroad, 104–5
Pepperidge Farm, 227
Perkins, Edwin, 42
Philadelphia-Lancaster Turnpike, 221
Philadelphia yellow fever outbreak, 73, 221
philanthropy and charity, 152, 188, 199, 200
Buffett and, 106, 188, 225
Carnegie and, 106–10, 186–87, 188, 199
Feeney and, 183–89, 199, 225
Gates and, 106, 188, 225
Hershey and, 225
Kellogg and, 171, 225
Lewis and, 145, 147
Rockefeller and, 119–20, 126–31, 199
Walker and, 226
Winfrey and, 149, 228
Philippos, 215
Picasso, Pablo, 215
Pilgrims, 33, 43
Pinnacle Technical Resources, 157
Pogue, Dennis J., 47
Pope-Turnbo, Annie, 135
population, 100, 225, 226
Porterfield, Kay Marie, 28
Post, C. W., 168
Postum Cereals, 168
Potomac Company, 45, 221
Potomac River, 47–48
Powell, Colin, 213
Powell, Horace, 169
Prince, Carl E., 43
Procter, William, 225
Procter & Gamble Company, 225
Public Broadcasting System (PBS), 109
Puritans, 33, 43
Pythagoras, 217
Quakers, 33, 43
Quiroga, Joaquin, 163
quotes on entrepreneurship and success, 207–17
railroads, 68, 70, 74, 87, 90–93, 91, 100, 101, 105, 112, 118, 122–25, 223, 224
passenger accident in 1833, 87–88
Pennsylvania Railroad, 104–5
Ramos, Angel, 164
Rappleye, Charles, 50, 51, 62
Reagan, Ronald, 208
reaper, mechanical, 69, 94–97, 224
Recession, Great, 193
Reconstruction, 140
Reginald F. Lewis Foundation, 147
Reid, Greg, 74
religion, 195–97
universities and, 196
see also Bible
Religious Freedom and Business Foundation, 195
Renaissance, 34
R. H. Macy Dry Goods, 224
robber barons, 90, 102, 112
Roberts, William, 65
Robertson, Alan, 2, 6, 11
Robertson, Jason “Jase,” 2, 6, 7, 11
Robertson, John Luke, 23
Robertson, Jules Jeptha “Jep,” 2, 6, 11
Robertson, Kay (“Miss Kay”), 2–7, 11, 19, 20, 23, 155, 204
Robertson, Korie, 2, 9, 11–15, 20, 23, 131, 134, 155
Robertson, Phil, 2–4, 6–12, 15–20, 23, 204
Robertson, Rebecca, 23
Robertson, Sadie, 23
Robertson, Silas “Si,” 19–20
Robertson, Willie, 2–24, 16, 22, 166
early entrepreneurialism and jobs of, 5–6, 103
school lunch program and, 9
Robertson family, 1–26, 22, 75, 165–66
Duck Commander, 11–14
Duck Commander Company, 2–4, 8, 6–12, 18–19, 21–24, 75, 204
Duck Dynasty, 2–3, 14–24, 165–66
The Duck Men, 9–10
Robles, Bernabé and Jesús, 163
Rockefeller, David, 130
Rockefeller, John D., 92, 102, 110, 118–31, 121, 128, 138, 211, 224
Lewis and, 146
net worth of, 129–30
oil industry and, 122–26, 129, 224
philanthropy of, 119–20, 126–31, 199
railroad disaster and, 123–24
railroad industry and, 124, 125
Rockefeller, John D., Jr., 126
Rockefeller, John D. “Jay,” IV, 130
Rockefeller, Laura, 131
Rockefeller, Nelson, 130
Rockefeller, William, 119
Rockefeller, Winthrop, 130
Rockefeller Center, 130
Rockefeller Foundation, 129, 130, 146
Rockefeller University, 128
Rocky Mountain Rendezvous, 68, 223
Rohn, Jim, 214
Ronda, James P., 31, 82
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 214
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 213
Roosevelt, Theodore, 114, 129, 217
Rudkin, Margaret, 227
Russell, Osborne, 29
Saddleback Church, 196
St. Benedict’s Catholic Prep, 195–96
Salomon, Haym, 58, 59, 60, 221
Sam’s Clubs, 155
Samsung, 152
San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, 180
Santa Fe Trail, 163
Saratoga, Battle of, 55
Sarnoff, David, 211
Saugus Iron Works, 220
Schultz, Howard D., 211
Schwab, Charles M., 209, 211
Schweitzer, Albert, 209
Scots, 43
Scott, Tom, 104
Second Industrial Revolution, 99
Sesame Street, 109
sewing machines, 71–72, 72, 224
Shah, Vaibhav, 214
Shark Tank, 151, 192
Shaw, George Bernard, 216
Sherman, Roger, 44
Sherman Antitrust Act, 129
Shorto, Russell, 36–37
Shortridge, William, 144
Shoshone, 28–30, 29
Silicon Valley, 164, 176, 178, 227
silver, 101, 114
Silverman, Irene, 148
Simon & Schuster, 155
Sinatra, Frank, 208
Singer, Isaac, 71–72
sewing machine of, 71–72, 72, 224
slaves, slavery, 43–44, 70, 96, 142, 220, 222
Slim Helú, Carlos, 212
Sloan, Alfred Pritchard, Jr., 178–79, 211
Smith, Fred, 228
Smith, Scott, 121, 122
Snake Indians Testing Bows (Miller), 29
Southwest Airlines, 210
Southwick, Albert, 63
Special Olympics, 191
Spelman College, 127–28
Stamp Act, 51
Standard Oil Company, 123–26, 129, 130
Stanford, Leland, 100
Stanford University, 100, 207
Stanley Home Products, 158
Stanton, Edwin, 96
Starbucks, 227
Stark, Peter, 82
steamboats, 68, 70, 88–89, 91, 92, 224
steel, 101, 105–7
Stewart, Martha, 157
Stiles, T. J., 92
Stokesbury, James, 83, 84–85
Storage Technology, 181
Strauss, Levi, 71, 224
Strong, George Templeton, 68
Strouse, Jean, 116
Stuyvesant, Peter, 35, 36, 38
success, quotes on, 207–17
Sugar Act, 51
Suggs, Robert, 144
Sullivan, John, 36
SuperSaver Wholesale Warehouse Club, 155
Supreme Court, U.S., 89, 129, 141
Sutter, John, 224
Swanson, Gloria, 172
SweetFrog, 182
Swope, Herbert Bayard, 214
Syed, Dilawar, 164
Tabron, La June Montgomery, 169
Tarbell, Ida, 129
Taylor, George, 44
telegraph, 69, 100, 103, 223–24
Telemundo, 164
telephone, 69, 100–101
textiles, 79–80, 222
They Made America (Evans, Buckland, and Lefer), 160
Thompson, Derek, 193–94
Thoreau, Henry David, 78, 213
Three Points Ranch, 163
Time, 160–61, 227
Titanic, RMS, 112
TLC Beatrice International, 148
TLC (The Lewis Companies) Group, 147
tobacco, 30, 34, 43, 45–47, 49, 61, 220
Tocqueville, Alexis de, 67
Towbin, Robert, 153
Townshend duties, 51
transatlantic trade, 222
Trego, William, 54
Trippe, Juan, 226
Trudeau, Justin, 191
Tubman, Harriet, 210
Tudor, Frederic, 75–79, 77, 223
Twain, Mark, 215, 216
tycoons, 72–73, 99–131
Uber, 178, 227
Unanue family, 164
Unger, Harlow Giles, 45
United States, 60, 66
American colonies, 33, 37–38, 43, 219
American Revolution, 24, 37–38, 43–44, 48, 51–61, 66, 73, 220–21
Articles of Confederation, 61
Bank of the United States, 64, 74, 222
Constitution, 61–62, 219
Constitutional Convention, 61
Continental Army, 38, 41–42, 52–61
Continental Congress, 44, 51–55, 220–21
Declaration of Independence, 44, 52, 61, 220
population of, 100, 225, 226
Supreme Court, 89, 129, 141
War of 1812, 74, 84–85
University of California, San Francisco, 189
University of Chicago, 127, 128
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, 162
U.S. Steel, 107, 118, 126
Vaca, Nina, 157–58
Vail, Theodore N., 216
Valley Forge, 54, 55
Vanderbilt, Arthur T., II, 93
Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 87–94, 91, 100, 102, 224
railroad accident and, 87–88, 124
Vanderbilt University, 93
Vernon, Lillian, 157
Verrazzano, Giovanni da, 30
vertical integration, 105, 126
Virgil, 216
Virgin Group, 209
Virginia, 33–34, 43, 57
Virginia Company, 33–34
Vivekananda, Swami, 216
Wageman, Michael, 52
Walden Pond, 78
Walker, A’Lelia, 138
Walker, Juliet, 142–43
Walker, Madam C. J., 134–40, 137, 139, 146, 158, 226
Walker, Samuel, 70
Walking Dead, The, 20
Wall, Joseph, 109
Wall Street, 92, 110, 114–16, 226
Wall Street Journal, 146
Walmart, 10, 21, 155, 166, 179–80
Walt Disney Company, 176, 177, 227
Walton, Samuel Moore “Sam,” 155, 179, 211
Walton’s Five and Dime, 179, 179
Wang, An, 181
Wang Laboratories, 181
War of 1812, 74, 84–85
Washington, Booker T., 143, 216, 225–26
Washington, George, 24, 39, 41–42, 44–48, 52, 53–62, 60, 64–66, 220–22
Morris and, 41, 42, 48, 49, 53–62, 66, 221
Mount Vernon estate of, 45–48, 46, 64–65, 220, 222
Pennsylvania riot and, 64
at Valley Forge, 54, 55
whiskey distillery of, 65, 222
Washington, Martha, 45
Washington Monthly, 154
Washington’s Retreat at Long Island (Armytage), 52
Watson, Thomas J., 208, 215
Western, Samuel, 29–30
wheat, 47, 48, 69, 94
whiskey, 65, 222
Whitney, Eli, 70, 96, 222
Whitting, Anthony, 65
Wilde, Oscar, 215
Willie’s Duck Diner, 23
Willing, Morris & Company, 48
Wilson, George, 73
Winfrey, Oprah, 149–51, 209, 228
Winthrop, John, 220
wisdom, 197–98, 203
Wissler, Clark, 31
WKBW-TV, 153
W. K. Kellogg Foundation, 171
women entrepreneurs, 133–34, 154–62, 229
Ash, Mary Kay, 138, 158–59, 207, 213
Asian American, 164
Lauder, Estée, 159–61, 161, 214, 227
Lukens, Rebecca, 156, 223
Walker, Madam C. J., 134–40, 137, 139, 146, 158, 226
Winfrey, Oprah, 149–51, 209, 228
World Trade Center, 130
World War I, 99, 226
World War II, 156, 173–74, 180, 181, 226, 227
Wozniak, Steve, 178
Wright, Robert, 73, 74
Wright, Wilbur, 226
Yankee ingenuity, 2
yellow fever, 73, 221
Yoda, 165
Yoruba, 143
Ziglar, Zig, 215
Zuckerberg, Mark, 229