A disposition to be rich : how 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 / by Geoffrey C. Ward.
Ward, Geoffrey C.
2012
CT275.W2752 W37 2012 (Mapit)
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Title
A disposition to be rich : how 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 / by Geoffrey C. Ward.
Author
Ward, Geoffrey C.
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9780679445302
0679445307
Publication Details
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.
Language
English
Description
418 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
CT275.W2752 W37 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification
974.7/03092 B
Summary
Documents 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.
Note
"This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p.[389]-399)
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Pt. 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.

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