Dark genius of Wall Street : the misunderstood life of Jay Gould, king of the robber barons /
Edward Renehan
- New York : Basic Books, c2005.
- xiii, 352 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
The mysterious bearded Gould -- Ancestors -- Twelve lines by night -- A deliberate student -- Rat traps and maps -- Hidden mysteries of life and death -- Gouldsboro -- Our best friends tell us our faults -- Cunning lunacy -- The Gouldsboro war -- A particular future -- Much to get done -- The Erie in chains -- Blue fire -- The abused machinery of the law -- An almighty robbery -- Scoundrels -- The smartest man in America -- Where the woodbine twineth -- Mephistopheles -- A special stinkpot -- A damned villain -- Transcontinental -- Consolidation -- Everything but a good name -- Wires and els -- Ambition satisfied -- Epilogue: The Goulds after Jay
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