TY - BOOK AU - Renehan, Edward TI - Dark genius of Wall Street : the misunderstood life of Jay Gould, king of the robber barons SN - 0465068855 U1 - 920 PY - 2005/// CY - New York PB - Basic Books KW - Jay Gould, 1836-1892 KW - Capitalists and Financiers KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Businessmen N1 - The mysterious bearded Gould -- Ancestors -- Twelve lines by night -- A deliberate student -- Rat traps and maps -- Hidden mysteries of life and death -- Gouldsboro -- Our best friends tell us our faults -- Cunning lunacy -- The Gouldsboro war -- A particular future -- Much to get done -- The Erie in chains -- Blue fire -- The abused machinery of the law -- An almighty robbery -- Scoundrels -- The smartest man in America -- Where the woodbine twineth -- Mephistopheles -- A special stinkpot -- A damned villain -- Transcontinental -- Consolidation -- Everything but a good name -- Wires and els -- Ambition satisfied -- Epilogue: The Goulds after Jay; ER -