"My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands, Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year" by George Francis Train
George Francis Train was an American entrepreneur who organized the clipper ship line that sailed around Cape Horn to San Francisco; he also organized the Union Pacific Railroad and the Credit Mobilier. He even conducted the first of three widely publicized trips around the globe. His adventures and experiences are narrated in this biographical book which shows how interesting his life really was.