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

by H.W. Brands

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The two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, bestselling historian, and author of Our First Civil War traces the extraordinary downfall of financier Jubilee Jim, bringing to life New York's Gilded Age and some of its legendary players, including Boss William Tweed, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and the railroad tycoon Jay Gould.

Even before he was shot dead on the stairway of the tony Grand Central Hotel in 1872,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:030774325X

ISBN13:9780307743251

Release Date:May 2011

Publisher:Knopf Publishing Group

Length:224 Pages

Weight:0.65 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Related Subjects

19th Century Criminology History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Murder & Mayhem Social Sciences State & Local True Accounts True Crime

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