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 / by Geoffrey C. Ward.

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 / by Geoffrey C. Ward.

By
Ward, Geoffrey C.

Publication Date
2012

Publication Information
New York : Alfred A. Knopf,

Edition
1st ed.

Physical Description
418 p. : ill.

Subject Term
Capitalists and financiers -- United States -- Biography.
 
Swindlers and swindling -- United States -- Biography.
 
Financial crises -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
 
Ponzi schemes -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.
 
Children of clergy -- New York (State) -- Biography.

Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language
English

ISBN
9780679445302

General Note
"This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.


LibraryCollectionCollectionCall NumberStatus
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH)ADULT NFIC - BASEMENTAdult Non-Fiction - Basement974.7 W21Basement