Dark Genius of Wall Street : The Misunderstood Life of Jay Gould, King of the Robber Barons

Jay Gould was the most astute fin¿l. & bus. strategist of his time & also the most widely hated. He could almost always outsmart the likes of Charles Francis Adams, Jr. & Cornelius Vanderbilt. Gould was the indisputed master of the nation¿s railroads & 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. Gould created new ways of manipulating markets, assembling capital, & swallowing his competitors. Many of these methods are now standard practice; others were unique to their circumstances. ¿Paints the portrait of a man who was the most talented financial buccaneer of his generation -- & one of the inventors of modern bus.¿ Illustrations.Renehan, Edward J., Jr. is the author of 'Dark Genius of Wall Street : The Misunderstood Life of Jay Gould, King of the Robber Barons', published 2007 under ISBN 9781422368374 and ISBN 1422368378.