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, Geoffrey C. Ward
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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, Geoffrey C. Ward
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [389]-399) and index
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non fiction
Main title
A disposition to be rich
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bibliography
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752286941
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Geoffrey C. Ward
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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
Table Of Contents
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
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- Rochester (N.Y.) -- Biography
- Grant, Ulysses S., Ulysses Simpson, 1822-1885 -- Friends and associates
- Swindlers and swindling -- United States -- Biography
- Children of clergy -- New York (State) -- Biography
- New York (N.Y.) -- Biography
- Ward, Ferdinand De Wilton, 1851-1925
- Capitalists and financiers -- United States -- Biography
- Financial crises -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Ponzi schemes -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century
- Ward, F. De W., Ferdinand De Wilton, 1812-1891
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- Rochester (N.Y.) -- Biography
- Grant, Ulysses S., Ulysses Simpson, 1822-1885 -- Friends and associates
- Swindlers and swindling -- United States -- Biography
- Children of clergy -- New York (State) -- Biography
- New York (N.Y.) -- Biography
- Ward, Ferdinand De Wilton, 1851-1925
- Capitalists and financiers -- United States -- Biography
- Financial crises -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Ponzi schemes -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century
- Ward, F. De W., Ferdinand De Wilton, 1812-1891
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