The Murder of Jim Fisk for the Love of Josie Mansfield: A Tragedy of the Gilded Age - Paperback
by H. W. Brands
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Availability:In StockContributor:H. W. BrandsSeries:American Portraits (Anchor Books)Publish date:2011-05-31Pages:224
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Knopf Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780307743251ISBN-10:030774325XUPC:9780307743251Book Category:History, True CrimeBook Subcategory:United States, MurderBook Topic:19th Century, State & LocalSize:7.97 x 5.27 x 0.68 inchesWeight:0.5401Product ID:SC62R305SR
The two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, bestselling historian, and author of Our First Civil War traces the extraordinary downfall of financier Jubilee Jim, bringing to life New York's Gilded Age and some of its legendary players, including Boss William Tweed, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and the railroad tycoon Jay Gould.
Even before he was shot dead on the stairway of the tony Grand Central Hotel in 1872, financier James "Jubilee Jim" 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.
Even before he was shot dead on the stairway of the tony Grand Central Hotel in 1872, financier James "Jubilee Jim" 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.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Knopf Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780307743251ISBN-10:030774325XUPC:9780307743251Book Category:History, True CrimeBook Subcategory:United States, MurderBook Topic:19th Century, State & LocalSize:7.97 x 5.27 x 0.68 inchesWeight:0.5401Product ID:SC62R305SR
H. W. BRANDS holds the Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin. A New York Times bestselling author, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in biography for The First American and Traitor to His Class.
Visit the author's website at www.hwbrands.com.Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
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