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Jay Cooke's Gamble : The Northern Pacific Railroad, the Sioux, and the Panic Of 1873 by M. John Lubetkin (2006, Hardcover)
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PublisherUniversity of Oklahoma Press
ISBN-100806137401
ISBN-139780806137407
eBay Product ID (ePID)47771591
Product Key Features
Book TitleJay Cooke's Gamble : the Northern Pacific Railroad, the Sioux, and the Panic of 1873
Number of Pages400 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicEconomic History, United States / 19th Century, Business
Publication Year2006
IllustratorYes
GenreBiography & Autobiography, Business & Economics, History
AuthorM. John Lubetkin
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight35.8 Oz
Item Length10 in
Item Width7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2005-051241
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal330.973/082
SynopsisIn 1869, Jay Cooke, the brilliant but idiosyncratic American banker, decided to finance the Northern Pacific, a transcontinental railroad planned from Duluth, Minnesota, to Seattle. M. John Lubetkin tells how Cooke's gamble reignited war with the Sioux, rescued George Armstrong Custer from obscurity, created Yellowstone Park, pushed frontier settlement four hundred miles westward, and triggered the Panic of 1873. Staking his reputation and wealth on the Northern Pacific, Cooke was soon whipsawed by the railroad's mismanagement, questionable contracts, and construction problems. Financier J. P. Morgan undermined him, and the Crédit Mobilier scandal ended congressional support. When railroad surveyors and army escorts ignored Sioux chief Sitting Bull's warning not to enter the Yellowstone Valley, Indian attacks--combined with alcoholic commanders--led to embarrassing setbacks on the field, in the nation's press, and among investors. Lubetkin's suspenseful narrative describes events played out from Wall Street to the Yellowstone and vividly portrays the soldiers, engineers, businessmen, politicians, and Native Americans who tried to build or block the Northern Pacific., This comprehensive look at the early troubles besetting the first northern transcontinental railroad is illustrated with 55 photos and 14 maps., In 1869, Jay Cooke, the brilliant but idiosyncratic American banker, decided to finance the Northern Pacific, a transcontinental railroad planned from Duluth, Minnesota, to Seattle. M. John Lubetkin tells how Cooke's gamble reignited war with the Sioux, rescued George Armstrong Custer from obscurity, created Yellowstone Park, pushed frontier settlement four hundred miles westward, and triggered the Panic of 1873. Staking his reputation and wealth on the Northern Pacific, Cooke was soon whipsawed by the railroad's mismanagement, questionable contracts, and construction problems. Financier J. P. Morgan undermined him, and the Cr dit Mobilier scandal ended congressional support. When railroad surveyors and army escorts ignored Sioux chief Sitting Bull's warning not to enter the Yellowstone Valley, Indian attacks--combined with alcoholic commanders--led to embarrassing setbacks on the field, in the nation's press, and among investors. Lubetkin's suspenseful narrative describes events played out from Wall Street to the Yellowstone and vividly portrays the soldiers, engineers, businessmen, politicians, and Native Americans who tried to build or block the Northern Pacific.
LC Classification NumberHE2791.NL83 2006
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