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9780874176308

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

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  • ISBN13:

    9780874176308

  • ISBN10:

    0874176301

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2006-01-09
  • Publisher: Univ of Nevada Pr

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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.

Table of Contents

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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