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Dark genius of Wall Street : the misunderstood life of Jay Gould, king of the robber barons by Edward J. Renehan, Jr. is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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Jay Gould was the robber baron's robber baron: the greatest financial and business genius of his time and also the most widely hated. He could go head-to-head with the likes of J. P. Morgan, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and the U.S. Treasury and almost always outsmart them. Gould was the undisputed master of the nation's railroads and telegraph systems at a time when these were the fastest-growing new technologies of the age. His scheme to corner the gold market in 1869 caused the Black Friday panic. H
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- Author
- Edward J. Renehan, Jr.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Basic Books
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780786722310
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Memoir, Economics, Finance
- Rating
- 3.77 / 5 (17 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
Other editions & translations
- Dark genius of Wall Street : the misunderstood life of Jay Gould, king of the robber barons (2008)
- Dark Genius of Wall Street : The Misunderstood Life of Jay Gould, King of the Robber Barons (2005)
- Dark Genius of Wall Street: The Misunderstood Life of Jay Gould, King of the Robber Barons (2008) (2008)
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