A disposition to be rich
Subtitle: 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: by Geoffrey C. Ward
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780679445302
Subjects: Friends and associates; Financial crises; Ponzi schemes; Capitalists and financiers; Children of clergy; Swindlers and swindling; Biography; History
Notes: "This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. The Puritan; title: The Higher Calling; title: Labouring in Hope; title: Chastened and Sanctified; title: pt. 2. One of the Worst Boys; title: A Contest for Principle & Truth; title: The Triumph of the Monster, "War"; title: Suspected of Evil; title: pt. 3. The Young Napoleon of Finance; title: The Avaricious Spirit; title: The Bonanza Man; title: The Imaginary Business; title: Tears of Grateful Joy; title: The End Has Come; title: pt. 4. The Best Hated Man in the United States; title: A Magnificent and Audacious Swindle; title: A Verdict at Last; title: The Model Prisoner; title: All That Loved Me Are in Heaven; title: pt. 5. The Loving Father; title: Driven to Desperation; title: The Kidnapping; title: Epilogue: The Loving Father.