A disposition to be rich : how a small-town pastor's son ruined an American president, brought on a Wall Street crash, and made himself the best-hated man in the United States / by Geoffrey C. Ward.

Documents the story of Gilded Age con artist Ferdinand Ward, recounting how his large-scale pyramid operation and other sensational schemes triggered one of the greatest financial scandals in American history.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ward, Geoffrey C.
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2012], ©2012.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Ward, F. De W. > (Ferdinand De Wilton), > 1812-1891. Grant, Ulysses S. > (Ulysses Simpson), > 1822-1885 > Friends and associates. Ward, Ferdinand De Wilton, > 1851-1925. Capitalists and financiers > United States > Biography. Swindlers and swindling > United States > Biography. Financial crises > United States > History > 19th century. Ponzi schemes > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century. Children of clergy > New York (State) > Biography. HISTORY / United States / 19th Century. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Criminals & Outlaws. Rochester (N.Y.) > Biography. New York (N.Y.) > Biography. NonFiction. Historical. Sociological.
Genre:	Biography. NonFiction. Historical. Sociological.
Physical Description:	418 pages 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles, photographs, frontispiece ; 25 cm
Format:	Book

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