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050 00 $aCT275.W2752$bW37 2012
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100 1 $aWard, Geoffrey C.
245 12 $aA disposition to be rich :$bhow 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 /$cGeoffrey C. Ward.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bAlfred A. Knopf,$c2012.
300 $a418 p., [32] p. of plates :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
500 $a"This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aPt. 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.
520 $aDocuments 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.
600 10 $aWard, Ferdinand De Wilton,$d1851-1925.
650 0 $aCapitalists and financiers$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aSwindlers and swindling$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aFinancial crises$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aPonzi schemes$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory$y19th century.
600 10 $aGrant, Ulysses S.$q(Ulysses Simpson),$d1822-1885$xFriends and associates.
650 0 $aChildren of clergy$zNew York (State)$vBiography.
600 10 $aWard, F. De W.$q(Ferdinand De Wilton),$d1812-1891.
651 0 $aRochester (N.Y.)$vBiography.
651 0 $aNew York (N.Y.)$vBiography.
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