Title: The Life and Times of Col. James Fisk, Jr: Being a Full and Impartial Account of the Remarkable Career of a Most Remarkable Man
Publisher: HardPress Publishing
Publication Date: 2021
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0461901781
ISBN 13: 9780461901788
Binding: Paperback
Condition: New
Weight: 526 grams

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The Life And Times Of Col. James Fisk, Jr: Being A Full And Impartial Account Of The Remarkable Career Of A Most Remarkable Man by Robert W. McAlpine. This biography presents a comprehensive, nonpartisan portrait of James Fisk, Jr., a quintessential 19th-century American adventurer whose career intertwined showmanship, high-stakes finance, and political intrigue. Drawing on expansive primary and secondary sources, the work chronicles Fisk’s rise from a Vermont peddler to a Wall Street operator, his partnerships with Jay Gould, and his aggressive campaigns to control the Erie Railroad, including notorious bear movements against rivals such as Vanderbilt and Drew. It surveys the Civil War-era cotton contracts, cotton and banking speculations, the infamous injunctions battles, the 1869-70 gold panic, and the dramatic murder of Fisk by Edward S. Stokes, followed by sensational trials and public debates about justice and the press. The book also offers Anecdotes and Biographical Sketches of major figures of the era—Vanderbilt, Drew, Gould, and Helen Josephine Mansfield—presented to illuminate the era’s financial culture, power, and the human costs of risk, fame, and ambition.

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