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100 _aRenehan, Edward
245 _aDark genius of Wall Street : the misunderstood life of Jay Gould, king of the robber barons /
_cEdward Renehan
260 _aNew York :
_bBasic Books,
_cc2005.
300 _axiii, 352 p. :
_bill. ;
_c25 cm.
505 _aThe 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
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650 _aJay Gould, 1836-1892
650 _aCapitalists and Financiers
_zUnited States
_xBiography
650 _aBusinessmen
_zUnited States
_xBiography
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