THE GOLD RING: Jim Fisk, Jay Gould, and Black Friday, 1869 by Kenneth D. Ackerman

THE GOLD RING: Jim Fisk, Jay Gould, and Black Friday, 1869

Kenneth D. Ackerman

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In September of 1869, two young speculators, Jay Gould and Jim Fisk, Jr., undertook perhaps the most audacious financial operation in American history – the cornering of the national gold supply. This daring plot came at a time when Wall Street f...

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