When reviewing a book, make sure to get the title right
The Books of The Times review on Wednesday misstated part of the title of the subject of the review at two points in some editions. It is “The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt,†by T. J. Stiles, not “The Last Tycoon.†The review also misstated the time period in which a steamship Vanderbilt provided to the Union during the Civil War held a Confederate ironclad warship in check. It was for a short time in 1862 before the Confederates scuttled the ship, not “for much of the war.†The review also misspelled the name of the Confederate ship. It was the Merrimack, not the Merrimac. (The ship, originally a Union vessel that was scuttled, was rechristened the Virginia by the Confederates after they raised it and made it an ironclad but is often referred to by its prior name.) Link
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