American Rascal: How Jay Gould Built Wall Street's Biggest Fortune
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- Create Date：2022-08-27 17:21:35
- Update Date：2025-09-07
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- Author：Greg Steinmetz
- ISBN：B09JPHYM65
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Reviews
BoxerLover2
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If you are looking for a good description of what Jay Gould did to amass his fortune， this book is for you。 Gould began by making maps as a teenager。 He proved himself a hard worker in the leather tanning business。 He then graduated to using shady tactics to manipulate the stock market。 I use the term shady instead of illegal because at the time most of the tactics he used were not illegal。 Insider trading， whispers planted in media， manipulating the market。 The more things change， the more they If you are looking for a good description of what Jay Gould did to amass his fortune， this book is for you。 Gould began by making maps as a teenager。 He proved himself a hard worker in the leather tanning business。 He then graduated to using shady tactics to manipulate the stock market。 I use the term shady instead of illegal because at the time most of the tactics he used were not illegal。 Insider trading， whispers planted in media， manipulating the market。 The more things change， the more they stay the same。I read this as a demonstration of what of what crimes you can commit when you own the right public officials （looking at you the 2022 Manhattan District Attorney）。3 StarsARC review copy via NetGalley 。。。more
Mariama Thorlu-Bangura
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An interesting， detailed life of one of the infamous robber barons of the Gilded Age。 Jay Gould tends to be portrayed as a scheming， greedy person。 Author Greg Steinmetz does an admirable of humanizing him。 You come away realizing that he wasn't so much a schemer as he was very enterprising。 It's also clear that in the mid to late 1800s， ruthlessness was the name of the game in the business world。 Without it， there wouldn't have been such a fascinating Gilded Age society to read about over and o An interesting， detailed life of one of the infamous robber barons of the Gilded Age。 Jay Gould tends to be portrayed as a scheming， greedy person。 Author Greg Steinmetz does an admirable of humanizing him。 You come away realizing that he wasn't so much a schemer as he was very enterprising。 It's also clear that in the mid to late 1800s， ruthlessness was the name of the game in the business world。 Without it， there wouldn't have been such a fascinating Gilded Age society to read about over and over again。 Definitely recommended reading for Gilded Age fans。Thanks to NetGalley and Simon & Schuster for this ARC， which I voluntarily read and reviewed。 。。。more
Michael Kearney
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