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000453791 1001_ $$aWard, Geoffrey C.
000453791 24512 $$aA disposition to be rich :$$bhow a small-town pastor's son ruined an American president, brought on a Wall Street crash, and made himself the best-hated man in the United States /$$cby Geoffrey C. Ward.
000453791 250__ $$a1st ed.
000453791 260__ $$aNew York :$$bAlfred A. Knopf,$$c2012.
000453791 300__ $$a418 p., [32] p. of plates :$$bill. ;$$c25 cm.
000453791 500__ $$a"This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.
000453791 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p.[389]-399)
000453791 5050_ $$aPt. 1. The Puritan -- The Higher Calling -- Labouring in Hope -- Chastened and Sanctified -- pt. 2. One of the Worst Boys -- A Contest for Principle & Truth -- The Triumph of the Monster, "War" -- Suspected of Evil -- pt. 3. The Young Napoleon of Finance -- The Avaricious Spirit -- The Bonanza Man -- The Imaginary Business -- Tears of Grateful Joy -- The End Has Come -- pt. 4. The Best Hated Man in the United States -- A Magnificent and Audacious Swindle -- A Verdict at Last -- The Model Prisoner -- All That Loved Me Are in Heaven -- pt. 5. The Loving Father -- Driven to Desperation -- The Kidnapping -- Epilogue: The Loving Father.
000453791 520__ $$aDocuments the story of Gilded Age con artist Ferdinand Ward, recounting how his large-scale pyramid operation and other sensational schemes triggered one of the greatest financial scandals in American history.
000453791 60010 $$aWard, Ferdinand De Wilton,$$d1851-1925.
000453791 60010 $$aGrant, Ulysses S.$$q(Ulysses Simpson),$$d1822-1885$$xFriends and associates.
000453791 60010 $$aWard, F. De W.$$q(Ferdinand De Wilton),$$d1812-1891.
000453791 650_0 $$aCapitalists and financiers$$zUnited States$$vBiography.
000453791 650_0 $$aSwindlers and swindling$$zUnited States$$vBiography.
000453791 650_0 $$aFinancial crises$$zUnited States$$xHistory$$y19th century.
000453791 650_0 $$aPonzi schemes$$zNew York (State)$$zNew York$$xHistory$$y19th century.
000453791 650_0 $$aChildren of clergy$$zNew York (State)$$vBiography.
000453791 651_0 $$aRochester (N.Y.)$$vBiography.
000453791 651_0 $$aNew York (N.Y.)$$vBiography.
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