Showing The Infamous King Of The Comstock: William Sharon And The Gilded Age In The West by Michael J. Makley

The fascinating account of William Sharon, legendary scoundrel and visionary capitalist who controlled more than a dozen of the greatest mines on Nevada's mighty Comstock Lode, built the Virginia & Truckee Railroad, manipulated speculation and prices on the San Francisco Stock Exchange, and revived the collapsed Bank of California, and the Gilded Age of the American West.