Informationen zum Autor Michael J. Makley is the author of several studies of Nevada history, including The Infamous King of the Comstock: William Sharon and the Gilded Age in the West and John Mackay: Silver King in the Gilded Age , and coauthor of Cave Rock: Climbers, Courts, and a Washoe Indian Sacred Place , all from the University of Nevada Press. He lives in the eastern Sierra Nevada. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Presents the biography of William Sharon! one of Nevada's most reviled historical figures. This book discusses the broader historical context of Sharon's career - the complex business relationships between San Francisco and the booming gold and silver mining camps of the Far West.

Klappentext

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.

Zusammenfassung
Presents the biography of William Sharon, one of Nevada's most reviled historical figures. This book discusses the broader historical context of Sharon's career - the complex business relationships between San Francisco and the booming gold and silver mining camps of the Far West.