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THE GOLD RING: Jim Fisk, Jay Gould, and Black Friday, 1869 Kindle Edition

by Kenneth D. Ackerman (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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In September of 1869, two young speculators, Jay Gould and Jim Fisk, Jr., undertook perhaps the most audacious financial operation in American history – the cornering of the national gold supply. This daring plot came at a time when Wall Street finance displayed all the raw emotion, cynicism, and bravado of a Wild West shootout. The scandal reached the very household of President Ulysses Grant, and only the intervention of their friend, Boss Tweed of Tammany Hall, saved Fisk and Gould from personal ruin.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0073OXYWC
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Viral History Press LLC (January 10, 2016)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 10, 2016
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3993 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 372 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 27 ratings

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Kenneth D. Ackerman

Kenneth D. Ackerman

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I’m Ken Ackerman and writing history has been a passion of mine for over twenty years,and politics an obsession since the 1960s. To me, history has to have a purpose, to expose truth, to point direction, to provoke thought. It has to tell a story.

I’m especially drawn to neglected topics like the Gilded Age, the post-World War I Red Scare, or old ocean divers — blind spots in our collective memory that often point to raw nerves.

When not writing, I practice law in Washington, D.C. at OFW Law. Before that, I held a long line of political spots on Capitol Hill (staff counsel to two US Senate Committees, Governmental Affairs and Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry) and in two Administrations (under Bill Clinton at the US Department of Agriculture and under Ronald Reagan at a regulatory commission called the CFTC).

But enough about me. Hope you enjoy the books. Humor me on the attitude. –KenA

Check out my web site at www.KennethAckerman.com

Check out my blog at www.viralhistory.com

Contact me at kackerman@viralhistory.com

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greyound
5.0 out of 5 stars What A crew!
Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2013
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While Black Friday is mentioned in texts and courses, this shows the greed of these men and how they could without guile could line their own pockets without regard to the consequences of their actions.
I will no longer brag about the family story that my great grandfather was a playmate of Gould!
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glenn andrew
4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting history
Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2013
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This was an interesting book which discussed the abuses in the world of investing during the Grant presidency. I found myself skimming some chapters as the book was longer and more detailed than necessary for my liking.
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Brian Morgan
5.0 out of 5 stars Now we know where present day politicians learned
Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2013
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their tricks! This is an in depth study of the times--economic, political, and social--when Jim Fisk and Jay Gould flourished in bribery, dishonest investments, and all sorts of criminal activity. It's an entertaining and interesting book.
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Thomas J. Ward
4.0 out of 5 stars great story
Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2013
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It reveals what happens when capitalism and bribery are loose in America.Ackerman develops real characters in Gould,Fiske and how they influenced finance and politics.
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otter
2.0 out of 5 stars I would recommend it to someone really interested in monetary policy.
Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2014
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It did not capture my interest. Although I love history, I did not connect with this book. It was slow reading.
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Jim in Greenville
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent history of a wild time on Wall Street!
Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2013
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This tells the history of an interesting gold market corner and of some wild days in Wall Street. A very enjoyable and well written book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The most intriguing of all the financial papers of the Gilded Age
Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2019
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My observation of this event is simply if you made it up your listeners would tell you that your story is not believable.
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