The Infamous King of the Comstock: William Sharon And the Gilded Age in the West

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ISBN: 9780874176308 | 0874176301
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 1/9/2006

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The fascinating account of William Sharon, legendary scoundrel and visionary capitalist who controlled more than a dozen of the greatest mines on Nevada's mighty Comstock Lode, built the Virginia & Truckee Railroad, manipulated speculation and prices on the San Francisco Stock Exchange, and revived the collapsed Bank of California, and the Gilded Age of the American West.

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List of Illustrations	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
Prologue	1	(8)
Chapter One Black Broadcloth	9	(12)
Chapter Two Gambling	21	(20)
Chapter Three The Virginia & Truckee	41	(15)
Chapter Four The Lamb	56	(10)
Chapter Five Conflicts	66	(18)
Chapter Six Hurly-Burly	84	(19)
Chapter Seven The Ophir Debacle	103	(7)
Chapter Eight Failure	110	(15)
Chapter Nine Rebirth	125	(8)
Chapter Ten Settling Up	133	(9)
Chapter Eleven An Ill-Fitting Toga	142	(15)
Chapter Twelve The Rose	157	(11)
Chapter Thirteen In Superior Court	168	(16)
Chapter Fourteen Pressing On	184	(5)
Chapter Fifteen Bitter End	189	(8)
Chapter Sixteen Resolutions	197	(14)
Notes	211	(48)
Bibliography	259	(14)
Index	273

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The Infamous King of the Comstock: William Sharon And the Gilded Age in the West

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