Lawless Wealth: The Origin of Some Great American Fortunes

CONTENTS Golden Ties about the Golden City The Beginnings of a Great Fortune The First Developments of the Formula for Sudden Wealth The Formula for Wealth as It was Worked in Chicago and New York The Story of the Great Milwaukee Deal The Story of the Hocking Valley Loot The Story of the Two Virginians The Office Boy in High Finance Additional Light in the Judicious Mixture of Politics and Business that is Essential to the Best Playing of the Game Tobacco and High Finance The Syndicate Comes In The True Dimensions of a Great Money-making Machine The Great Game of Insurance The Wreck of a Great Property The Fathomless Mysteries of High Finance The True Functions of a "Holding Company" The Brunt of the Burden The Experiences of a Witness Side-lights on Civilization in a Great City Copartners in Guilt