Edward J. Renehan - Dark Genius of Wall Street 2006 (Unabridged)

Edward J. Renehan - Dark Genius of Wall Street 2006 (Unabridged)English | MP3 48 kbps 22 KHz Stereo | 28 MP3s | 301 MBGenre: AudioBookIn the late 19th century, strong and well-moneyed families such as the Morgans and the Vanderbilts controlled the fortunes of Wall Street and the emerging industries. Renehan, author of splendid biographies of the Kennedys, Theodore Roosevelt and the naturalist John Burroughs, turns in a masterful glance at the social history of the Gilded Age as well as a brilliant biography of Gould, who outfoxed many of these other wealthy industrialists to win fame and fortune. Although his early work as a surveyor and a tanner did not bring Gould much wealth, he learned to engage in shrewd business practices that would eventually allow him to gain some dominance in the tanning industry. Wall Street and the newly emerging rail industries soon attracted his financial eye, and he turned his full attention to them.