My Memories of Eighty Years

Book excerpt: The American attorney, businessman, and Republican politician Chauncey Mitchell Depew pens his autobiographical novel "My Memories of Eighty Years". Depew is best remembered for his two terms as United States Senator for New York, and for his work for Cornelius Vanderbilt, as an attorney and as president of the New York Central Railroad System. The novel chronicles his life's journey from his birth and upbringing in the village of Peekskill, his early education, his admission to Yale University and his admission to the Bar. He then went on to a successful career in the Railroad System, helping Vanderbilt to expand his railway empire as a senior executive in his company, before making his entry into politics.