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Friends and associates, Financial crises, Ponzi schemes, Capitalists and financiers, Children of clergy, Swindlers and swindling, Biography, History, Sociological, NonFiction, Historical, Friendship, New York Times reviewedPeople
Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), F. De W. Ward (1812-1891), Ferdinand De Wilton Ward (1851-1925)Times
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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
2012, Alfred A. Knopf
in English
- 1st ed.
0679445307 9780679445302
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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
Epilogue: The Loving Father.
Edition Notes
"This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references.
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