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The Fabulous History of the Dismal Swamp Company: A Story of George Washington's Times Charles Royster First edition
The Fabulous History of the Dismal Swamp Company: A Story of George Washington's Times
Charles Royster
From historian Charles Royster--winner of the Francis Parkman, Bancroft, and Lincoln prizes--comes the history of one of eighteenth-century America's most fantastic land speculation deals: William Byrd's scheme to develop 900 square miles of swamp on the Virginia-North Carolina border and create fabulous wealth for himself and other shareholders, including George Washington.
Royster scrupulously follows the paper trail through the byways of transatlantic deal-cutting, providing a rare view of early American economic culture. Elegantly written and impressively researched, The Fabulous History of the Dismal Swamp Company is an eye-opening account of greed, folly, and venture capitalism in the revolutionary era.
640 pages, 5 MAPS; 20 ILLUSTRATIONS
| Mídia | Livros Paperback Book (Livro de capa flexível e brochura) |
| Lançado | 5 de dezembro de 2000 |
| ISBN13 | 9780679753056 |
| Editoras | Random House USA Inc |
| Páginas | 640 |
| Dimensões | 132 × 202 × 31 mm · 571 g |
| Idioma | Inglês |