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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
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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 Ameri...
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.
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- Creator
- by Geoffrey C. Ward
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First edition
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012
- Physical Details
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- 418 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780679445302, 0679445307
- OCLC
- ocn752286941
- "This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [389]-399)
- 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
Subjects
- Ward, Ferdinand De Wilton, 1851-1925.
- Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 -- Friends and associates.
- Ward, F. De W. (Ferdinand De Wilton), 1812-1891.
- Capitalists and financiers -- United States -- Biography.
- Swindlers and swindling -- United States -- Biography.
- Financial crises -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
- Ponzi schemes -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.
- Children of clergy -- New York (State) -- Biography.
- Rochester (N.Y.) -- Biography.
- New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.