Prince of darkness : the untold story of Jeremiah G. Hamilton, Wall Street's first black millionaire / Shane White.
"A prominent historian brings to life the story of a man who defied every convention of his time by becoming Wall Street's first black millionaire in pre-Civil War New York, marrying a white woman, owning railroad stock on trains he was not legally allowed to ride and outsmarting his contemporaries,"--NoveList.
Record details
- ISBN: 1250070562
- ISBN: 1250099811
- ISBN: 9781250070562
- ISBN: 9781250099815
- Physical Description: 360 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2015.
- Copyright: ©2015
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-354) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: Invisible man -- Haiti, 1828 -- Moving to New York -- The great fire, 1835 -- Business -- Jim Crow New York -- Real estate -- Bankruptcy -- Starting over -- The trial -- Wall Street -- Living with Jim Crow -- Making money -- To the draft riots -- Epilogue: A lion in winter. |
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| Genre: | Autobiographies. Biographies. |
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- 13 of 14 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Iredell County Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 14 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statesville Main Library | B HAMILTON WHI (Text) | 33114017676198 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
