The Life and Legend of Jay Gould - Hardcover

Klein, Professor Maury

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0801828805 ISBN 13: 9780801828805

Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1986

Synopsis

"A wonderful read." -- USA Today

"Klein... has delved deep into archives that most previous writers on Gould have ignored, and is able to back up his revisionist assertions with a multitude of telling details." -- New York Times

He was, for Joseph Pulitzer, "one of the most sinister figures that have ever flitted bat-like across the vision of the American people." According to the New York Times, "the work of reform is but half done... when people claiming to be respectable are not ashamed of being associated with a man such as he." He was Jay Gould, the individual who for a century has been singled out as the most despicable and unscrupulous of the Robber Barons. In this splendid biography, Maury Klein paints the most complete portrait of the notorious Gould that we have ever had. His Gould is a brilliant but ruthless businessman who merged dying railroads into expansive and profit-making lines, including the giant Union Pacific.

"Clearly organized, meticulously researched, and skillfully written." -- Washington Post

"Lucid and engrossing." -- Businessweek

"Klein's biography is a balanced, objective, and fascinating account." -- Philadelphia Inquirer

About this title

Review:

"A wonderful read." -- USA Today

"Klein... has delved deep into archives that most previous writers on Gould have ignored, and is able to back up his revisionist assertions with a multitude of telling details." -- New York Times

Book Description:

Now in paperback -- the lively and widely acclaimed biography of Jay Gould, often called the most despicable and unscrupulous of the Robber Barons.

About this edition

• Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0801828805
• ISBN 13: 9780801828805
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 640