Synopses & Reviews
Money, speculation and the birth of the US railways. Love, corruption and murder. The life and death of ?Colonel? James Fisk Jr. is a remarkable tale. From his humble beginnings in small-town America of the 1830s and 40s until the time of his death in scandalous circumstances at the age of 37 he had risen to become one of the most notorious and colorful characters in the history of Wall Street. Throughout his flamboyant personal life, Jubilee Jim faced great danger ? during the Civil War, in the protection of his railway interests and during New York riots of 1871 ? and in his business career periods of intense excitement ? such as in his ongoing rivalry with such giants of American business history as Daniel Drew and Cornelius Vanderbilt and in his exploits with Jay Gould during the infamous Black Friday gold scandal. In addition, he also found time to try his hand as a peddler, circus showman, a Civil War profiteer, an adulterous lover, a theatre impresario, a shipping magnate ... and much more.
Synopsis
Money, speculation and the birth of the US railways. Love, corruption and murder. The life and death of
About the Author
Robert H. Fuller was a graduate of Harvard University and worked for 18 years as a reporter, editor and political writer. He was for a long period the Albany correspondent for the New York Herald. Following his work in newspapers, in 1906 he became Secret
Table of Contents
About the author 1.Backgrounds Boyhood Change The city Travels 2.War and Profit The yankee peddler Jim goes to Boston War contracts Vicksburg Dry Goods and Wall Street Enter Uncle Dan'l Gould and the Erie The Commodore goes to law Exiled to Jersey Josie Mansfield Gould goes to Albany Uncle Dan'l weakness 3.Fame The credit mobilier Tammany politics The Erie Citadel captured Uncle Dan'l's waterloo Litigation The grand opera house Erie development The Albany and Susquehanna episode Black Friday 4. Infatuation The commodore has callers Harlem lane Edward S. STokes Jim as an impresario A hero to his men Colonel of the ninth Light-o-love 5.Disaster Stokes collects money Boss Tweed's downfall Ceda talks to Jim Jim's triumph at Bennington Stokes wants more Blackmail Murder Postscript Index