iar ism ▁controvers ies ▁Category : Record ed ▁music ▁characters ▁Category : 2 0 0 5 ▁songs ▁Category : S ongs ▁written ▁by ▁Fle a ▁( mus ician ) ▁Category : S ongs ▁written ▁by ▁Anthony ▁K ied is ▁Category : S ongs ▁written ▁by ▁Ch ad ▁Smith ▁Category : S ongs ▁written ▁by ▁John ▁Fr us ci ante ▁Category : W ar ner ▁Records ▁singles <0x0A> </s> ▁Frederick ▁Cook ▁( Dec ember ▁ 2 , ▁ 1 8 3 3 ▁in ▁Bad ▁Wild bad , ▁Kingdom ▁of ▁Wür ttemberg ▁– ▁February ▁ 1 7 , ▁ 1 9 0 5 ▁in ▁Ro chester , ▁Mon roe ▁County , ▁New ▁York ) ▁was ▁an ▁American ▁business man ▁and ▁politician . ▁ ▁Life ▁He ▁came ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 8 , ▁and ▁changed ▁his ▁German ▁name ▁Friedrich ▁K uch ▁to ▁Frederick ▁Cook . ▁He ▁first ▁lived ▁in ▁Buff alo , ▁New ▁York , ▁and ▁worked ▁for ▁his ▁brother - in - law ▁who ▁was ▁a ▁sho em aker . ▁Then ▁he ▁opened ▁his ▁own ▁but cher ▁shop ▁at ▁Bat avia , ▁New ▁York . ▁After ▁that ▁he ▁became ▁a ▁bra k eman ▁on ▁the ▁Buff alo ▁and ▁Ro chester ▁Rail road , ▁and ▁later ▁a ▁conduct or ▁on ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Central ▁Rail road ▁a ▁position ▁he ▁held ▁for ▁twenty ▁years ▁during ▁which ▁he ▁became ▁wealth y . ▁( There ▁is ▁a ▁story ▁about ▁this : ▁Ask ed ▁by ▁Corn el ius ▁V ander b ilt ▁how ▁he ▁could