The Resource How not to get rich : the financial misadventures of Mark Twain, Alan Pell Crawford
How not to get rich : the financial misadventures of Mark Twain, Alan Pell Crawford
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- Summary
- Twain was an active, even giddy, participant in all the great booms and busts of his time, launching himself into one harebrained get-rich scheme after another. But far from striking it rich, he failed with comical regularity in an era notorious for its wealth and excess. Mining firms failed; importing coca leaves from the Amazon fizzled. Crawford tells Twain's story of financial optimism and perseverance, and in doing so creates a cracked-mirror history of American business itself
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xi, 224 pages
- Contents
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- "Whatever I touch turns to gold"
- "That splendid enterprise"
- "Do you gamble?"
- "I had to seek another livelihood"
- "All that glitters"
- "Rich and brimful of vanity"
- "The richest place on Earth"
- "Poor, pitiful business!"
- "It is ours--all ours--everything"
- "In fairyland"
- "To live in this style ..."
- "How the ignorant and inexperienced succeed"
- "A lie & a fraud"
- "The proportions of my prosperity"
- "This awful mechanical miracle"
- "Our prosperity became embarrassing"
- "Get me out of business!"
- "His money is tainted"
- "Mark Twain loses all"
- "Knocked flat on my back"
- "Money for a monument"
- "You cannot lose a penny"
- "To succeed in business ..."
- Isbn
- 9780544836464
- Label
- How not to get rich : the financial misadventures of Mark Twain
- Title
- How not to get rich
- Title remainder
- the financial misadventures of Mark Twain
- Statement of responsibility
- Alan Pell Crawford
- Subject
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- trueFinance
- HISTORY -- United States
- trueInvestments
- trueMoney-making projects
- truePersonal finance
- Speculation -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Finance, Personal
- trueUnited States -- History -- 19th century
- HUMOR -- Business & Professional
- Authors, American -- Finance, Personal
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Personal Finance
- trueBusiness failures
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Twain was an active, even giddy, participant in all the great booms and busts of his time, launching himself into one harebrained get-rich scheme after another. But far from striking it rich, he failed with comical regularity in an era notorious for its wealth and excess. Mining firms failed; importing coca leaves from the Amazon fizzled. Crawford tells Twain's story of financial optimism and perseverance, and in doing so creates a cracked-mirror history of American business itself
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10600279
- Cataloging source
- PNX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Crawford, Alan Pell
- Dewey number
- 818/.409
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Twain, Mark
- Authors, American
- Speculation
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
- HISTORY
- HUMOR
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- the financial misadventures of Mark Twain
- Label
- How not to get rich : the financial misadventures of Mark Twain, Alan Pell Crawford
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-218) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- "Whatever I touch turns to gold" -- "That splendid enterprise" -- "Do you gamble?" -- "I had to seek another livelihood" -- "All that glitters" -- "Rich and brimful of vanity" -- "The richest place on Earth" -- "Poor, pitiful business!" -- "It is ours--all ours--everything" -- "In fairyland" -- "To live in this style ..." -- "How the ignorant and inexperienced succeed" -- "A lie & a fraud" -- "The proportions of my prosperity" -- "This awful mechanical miracle" -- "Our prosperity became embarrassing" -- "Get me out of business!" -- "His money is tainted" -- "Mark Twain loses all" -- "Knocked flat on my back" -- "Money for a monument" -- "You cannot lose a penny" -- "To succeed in business ..."
- Control code
- on1005933141
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- xi, 224 pages
- Isbn
- 9780544836464
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1005933141
- Label
- How not to get rich : the financial misadventures of Mark Twain, Alan Pell Crawford
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-218) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- "Whatever I touch turns to gold" -- "That splendid enterprise" -- "Do you gamble?" -- "I had to seek another livelihood" -- "All that glitters" -- "Rich and brimful of vanity" -- "The richest place on Earth" -- "Poor, pitiful business!" -- "It is ours--all ours--everything" -- "In fairyland" -- "To live in this style ..." -- "How the ignorant and inexperienced succeed" -- "A lie & a fraud" -- "The proportions of my prosperity" -- "This awful mechanical miracle" -- "Our prosperity became embarrassing" -- "Get me out of business!" -- "His money is tainted" -- "Mark Twain loses all" -- "Knocked flat on my back" -- "Money for a monument" -- "You cannot lose a penny" -- "To succeed in business ..."
- Control code
- on1005933141
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- xi, 224 pages
- Isbn
- 9780544836464
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1005933141
Subject
- trueFinance
- HISTORY -- United States
- trueInvestments
- trueMoney-making projects
- truePersonal finance
- Speculation -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Finance, Personal
- trueUnited States -- History -- 19th century
- HUMOR -- Business & Professional
- Authors, American -- Finance, Personal
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Personal Finance
- trueBusiness failures
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