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The Murder of Jim Fisk for the Love of Josie Mansfield audiobook

  • By: H. W. Brands
  • Narrator: Richard McGonagle
  • Category: 19th Century, History, United States
  • Length: 4 hours 55 minutes
  • Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
  • Publish date: January 01, 2011
  • Language: English
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The Murder of Jim Fisk for the Love of Josie Mansfield Audiobook Summary

The two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, bestselling historian, and author of Our First Civil War traces the extraordinary downfall of financier Jubilee Jim, bringing to life New York’s Gilded Age and some of its legendary players, including Boss William Tweed, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and the railroad tycoon Jay Gould.

Even before he was shot dead on the stairway of the tony Grand Central Hotel in 1872, financier James “Jubilee Jim” Fisk, Jr., was a notorious New York City figure. From his audacious attempt to corner the gold market in 1869 to his battle for control of the geographically crucial Erie Railroad, Fisk was a flamboyant exemplar of a new financial era marked by volatile fortunes and unprecedented greed and corruption. But it was his scandalously open affair with a showgirl named Josie Mansfield that ultimately led to his demise.

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Narrator Richard McGonagle
Length 4 hours 55 minutes
Author H. W. Brands
Category
Publisher Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
Release date April 28, 2024
ISBN 9780307933867

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The publisher of the The Murder of Jim Fisk for the Love of Josie Mansfield is Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. includes the following subjects: historical books, gifts for history buffs, history lovers gifts, history books, history, history teacher gifts, history gifts, united states history, us history, american history books, american history, american, tragic, jealousy, relationships, romance, love, death, native american books, native american, Boss Tweed, Gilded Age, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jay Gould, Erie Railroad, New York City, 19th century, true crime, murder, 50th birthday gifts for men, h.w. brands, h w brands, hw brands books, true crime gifts, biography, crime, History, United States, 19th Century, Biography & Autobiography, Business, True Crime, Murder, General The BISAC Subject Code is 19th Century, History, United States

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The publisher of the The Murder of Jim Fisk for the Love of Josie Mansfield is Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. The imprint is Random House Audio. It is supplied by Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. The ISBN-13 is 9780307933867.

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