Dark Genius of Wall Street The Misunderstood Life of Jay Gould, King of the Robber Barons,9780465068869

Dark Genius of Wall Street The Misunderstood Life of Jay Gould, King of the Robber Barons

by Renehan Jr., Edward J.
ISBN13: 9780465068869
ISBN10: 0465068863
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2006-04-18
Publisher(s): Basic Books
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Summary

Though reviled for more than a century as Wall Street's greatest villain, Jay Gould was in fact its most original creative genius. Gould was the robber baron's robber baron, the most astute financial and business strategist of his time and also the most widely hated. InDark Genius of Wall Street, acclaimed biographer Edward J. Renehan, Jr., combines lively anecdotes with the rich social tapestry of the Gilded Age to paint the portrait of the most talented financial buccaneer of his generation-- and one of the inventors of modern business.

Author Biography

Edward J. Rehehan Jr. is the author of several books including Dark Genius of Wall Street, The Kennedys at War, The Lion’s Pride, The Secret Six, and John Burroughs. He contributes to such publications as American Heritage and has appeared on the History Channel, C-SPAN, and PBS. He lives in Rhode Island.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
The Mysterious Bearded Gould
1(6)
Ancestors
7(6)
Twelve Lines by Night
13(8)
A Deliberate Student
21(8)
Rat Traps and Maps
29(8)
Hidden Mysteries of Life and Death
37(8)
Gouldsboro
45(8)
Our Best Friends Tell Us Our Faults
53(8)
Cunning Lunacy
61(8)
The Gouldsboro War
69(6)
A Particular Future
75(14)
Much to Get Done
89(6)
The Erie in Chains
95(10)
Blue Fire
105(10)
The Abused Machinery of the Law
115(12)
An Almighty Robbery
127(12)
Scoundrels
139(10)
The Smartest Man in America
149(14)
Where the Woodbine Twineth
163(16)
Mephistopheles
179(6)
A Special Stinkpot
185(18)
A Damned Villain
203(12)
Transcontinental
215(14)
Consolidation
229(18)
Everything but a Good Name
247(12)
Wires and Els
259(16)
Ambition Satisfied
275(22)
Epilogue: The Goulds after Jay 297(16)
Acknowledgments 313(2)
Notes 315(20)
Index 335

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