The Murder of Jim Fisk for the Love of Josie

In the initial volume of a new series-American Portraits, original paperbacks focusing on forgotten chapters of American history-H. W. Brands brings to life a scandal from Gilded Age New York that feels as familiar as todayrs"s headlines. Even before he was shot dead by a rival lover in 1872 in the lobby of New Yorkrs"s tony Grand Central Hotel, fi nancier James "Diamond Jim" Fisk was a notorious public figure. From his daring attempt to corner the gold market in 1869, to his battle for control of the Erie Railroad, to his scandalously open affair with a showgirl named Josie Mansfield, Fisk was a colorful exemplar of a new financial era marked by volatile fortunes and unprecedented greed. InThe Murder of Jim FiskH. W. Brandsrs"s narrative gifts are on full display as he describes the downfall of this larger-than-life character, including a cast of legendary New Yorkers like Boss Tweed, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and the railroad tycoon Jay Gould.

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.

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The Murder of Jim Fisk for the Love of Josie Mansfield A Tragedy of the Gilded Age

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