An edition of A disposition to be rich (2012)

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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An edition of A disposition to be rich (2012)

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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Alfred A. Knopf
Language
English

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Subjects
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 reviewed
People
Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), F. De W. Ward (1812-1891), Ferdinand De Wilton Ward (1851-1925)
Places
United States, New York (State), New York (N.Y.), Rochester (N.Y.), New York
Times
19th century

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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
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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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Dewey Decimal Class
974.7/03092, B
Library of Congress
CT275.W2752 W37 2012

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Pagination
p. cm.

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OL25025543M
Internet Archive
dispositiontober0000ward
ISBN 13
9780679445302
LCCN
2011035140

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