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| Titre : | The Murder of Jim Fisk for the Love of Josie MAnsfield: A Tragedy of the Gilded Age |
| Auteurs : | H. Brands |
| Type de document : | document électronique |
| Editeur : | [S.l.] : Anchor, 2011 |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-0-307-74327-5 |
| Résumé : |
### Review Praise for H. W. Brands ÔÇ£H. W. Brands is a master at finding the essence of an important American life, telling its story grippingly and showing us why it is important to our own generation.ÔÇØ ÔÇöMichael Beschloss ÔÇ£Brands will change the way you see history.ÔÇØ ÔÇö_The Austin American-Statesman_ ÔÇ£A wonderfully skilled narrative historian.ÔÇØ ÔÇö_Los Angeles Times_ ÔÇ£Brands is masterly.ÔÇØ ÔÇö_The Economist_ ÔÇ£Few historians can tell a tale better.ÔÇØ ÔÇö_The Dallas Morning News_ *From the Trade Paperback edition.* ### Product Description Even before he was shot dead on the stairway of the tony Grand Central Hotel in 1872, financier James ÔÇ£Jubilee JimÔÇØ Fisk, Jr., was a notorious New York City figure. From his audacious attempt to corner the gold market in 1869 to his battle for control of the geographically crucial Erie Railroad, Fisk was a flamboyant exemplar of a new financial era marked by volatile fortunes and unprecedented greed and corruption. But it was his scandalously open affair with a showgirl named Josie Mansfield that ultimately led to his demise. In this riveting short historyÔÇöthe first in his American Portraits seriesÔÇöH. W. Brands traces FiskÔÇÖs extraordinary downfall, bringing to life New YorkÔÇÖs Gilded Age and some of its legendary players, including Boss William Tweed, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and the railroad tycoon Jay Gould. *From the Trade Paperback edition.* |
