A Disposition to Be Rich : Ferdinand Ward, the Greatest Swindler of the Gilded Age by Geoffrey C Ward
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Author: Geoffrey C Ward
Number of Pages: 418 pages
Published Date: 23 Apr 2013
Publisher: Vintage Books
Publication Country: New York, United States
Language: English
Format: PDF
ISBN: 9780345804693
Download Link: A Disposition to Be Rich Ferdinand Ward, the Greatest Swindler of the Gilded Age
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A "New York Times" Notable Book
The compelling behind-the-scenes story of the greatest swindler of the Gilded Age, whose villainy bankrupted Ulysses S. Grant and stunned the world of finance--told by his great-grandson, award-winning historian Geoffrey C. Ward.
Ferdinand Ward, the son of a Protestant missionary and small-town pastor, moved to New York at twenty-one and, in less than a decade, made himself the business partner of a former president and established himself as the "Young Napoleon of Finance." In truth, he was running a massive pyramid scheme. Drawing from thousands of family documents never before examined, Geoffrey C. Ward traces his great-grandfather's rapid rise to riches and fame, and his even more dizzying fall from grace, in a narrative populated with mistresses, crooked bankers, corrupt New York officials, and a desperate kidnapping scheme. Here is a great story about a classic American con artist.
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