History of Delaware County and Border Wars of New York

by Jay Gould

Book Overview

When Jay Gould died in 1892 he left behind an estate worth the equivalent of seventy-eight billion in today's dollars. He also left behind a reputation as one of Wall Street's most shrewd, astute, and (some said) manipulative operators. Long before his adventures in finance, the future "robber baron" was a young man on the make in his native Catskills, working as a surveyor and mapmaker in his natal place of Delaware County, where he had grown up...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1438485409
• ISBN13: 9781438485409
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Excelsior Editions/State University of New Yo
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"