The Wizard of Wall Street And His Wealth
by Trumbull White
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About this eBook
- Author
- White, Trumbull, 1868-1941
- Title
- The Wizard of Wall Street and His Wealth; or, The Life and Deeds of Jay Gould
- Credits
- Charlie Howard and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- CT: History: Biography
- Subject
- Capitalists and financiers -- United States -- Biography
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 66148
- Release Date
- August 26, 2021
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.THE Wizard of Wall Street AND HIS WEALTH,
- 3.PREFACE.
- 4.CONTENTS.
- 5.ILLUSTRATIONS.
- 6.CHAPTER I. JAY GOULD A GREAT MAN.
- 7.CHAPTER II. YOUTH AND ANCESTRY OF JAY GOULD.
- 8.CHAPTER III. GOULD AS SURVEYOR AND HISTORIAN.
- 9.CHAPTER IV. GOULD AND THE TANNERY WAR.
- 10.CHAPTER V. GOULD’S ROMANTIC MARRIAGE AND HIS FIRST RAILROAD.
- 11.CHAPTER VI. GOULD’S ASSAULT UPON ERIE.
- 12.CHAPTER VII. GOULD’S VICTORY AND FINAL DEFEAT IN ERIE.
- 13.CHAPTER VIII. THE GOLD CONSPIRACY.
- 14.CHAPTER IX. CULMINATION OF CONSPIRACY—BLACK FRIDAY.
- 15.CHAPTER X. GOULD AND THE WESTERN RAILWAY SYSTEMS.
- 16.CHAPTER XI. GOULD AND THE TELEGRAPH MONOPOLY.
- 17.CHAPTER XII. GOULD AND THE MANHATTAN ELEVATED.
- 18.CHAPTER XIII. THE LIFE OF A WALL STREET KING.
- 19.CHAPTER XIV. THE KING IS DEAD.
- 20.CHAPTER XV. GOULD LAID TO REST.
- 21.CHAPTER XVI. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF JAY GOULD.
- 22.CHAPTER XVII. THE FAMILY OF GOULD.
- 23.CHAPTER XVIII. THE GREAT FORTUNE AND ITS INHERITORS.
- 24.CHAPTER XIX. JAY GOULD’S RELATIONS WITH THE PUBLIC.
- 25.CHAPTER XX. A CHAPTER OF ANECDOTES.
- 26.Transcriber’s Notes
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