The Wizard of Wall Street and His Wealth; or, The Life and Deeds of Jay Gould
The Wizard of Wall Street and His Wealth; or, The Life and Deeds of Jay Gould
He was called the Wizard of Wall Street, and he nearly broke America. Written just months after Jay Gould's death in 1892, this breathless Victorian biography chronicles the life of the most hated man in Gilded Age America: a railroad magnate who manipulated gold markets, crushed competitors, and became the symbol of unchecked capitalist greed. White paints a portrait of a figure both feared and fascinating, tracing Gould's ascent from surveyor to master of railroads, his notorious involvement in the Black Friday gold crash of 1869, and his battles with rival titans like Cornelius Vanderbilt. The book captures an era when fortunes were made and destroyed by a tweet of the tongue, when a single man's financial war could shake the nation's economy. Whether you see Gould as a visionary or a villain, this account remains a stunning time capsule of America's ambivalent romance with wealth, power, and the men who wield both like weapons.
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