Author: COLLINS, CARVEL
Title: Sam Ward in the Gold Rush
Description: Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1949. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jackeat has some edge wear, rubbing and several small closed tears, along with a small chipped tear to the top spine end. "Samuel Cutler "Sam" Ward (January 27, 1814 — May 19, 1884) , was an American poet, politician, author, and gourmet, and in the years after the Civil War he was widely known as the "King of the Lobby." He combined delicious food, fine wines, and good conversation to create a new type of lobbying in Washington, DC—social lobbying—over which he reigned for more than a decade...In 1843, Sam married a beautiful fortune-hunter from New Orleans, Medora Grymes, who bore two sons in quick succession. Urged on by his wife, Sam began speculating on Wall Street. In September 1847, the financial world was stunned by news that Prime, Ward and Co. (King had wisely withdrawn) had collapsed. Broke, Sam joined the '49ers rushing to California. He opened a store on the San Francisco waterfront; plowed his profits into real estate; claimed he made a quarter of a million dollars in three months; and lost it all when fire destroyed his wharves and warehouses. For a time he operated a ferry in the California wilderness; he alluded to mysterious schemes in Mexico and South America; and he bobbed up in New York a wealthy man again. He plunged back into speculating and lost all of his money again, and with it went Medora's affection. This time he finagled a berth on a diplomatic mission to Paraguay. When he sailed home in 1859, he brought with him a secret agreement with the president of Paraguay to lobby on that country's behalf and headed to Washington, DC, to begin a new career.". Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket .
Keywords: Californiana Carvel Collins Sam Ward Gold Fever Gold Miners Californiana
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Title: Sam Ward in the Gold Rush
Description: Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1949. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jackeat has some edge wear, rubbing and several small closed tears, along with a small chipped tear to the top spine end. "Samuel Cutler "Sam" Ward (January 27, 1814 — May 19, 1884) , was an American poet, politician, author, and gourmet, and in the years after the Civil War he was widely known as the "King of the Lobby." He combined delicious food, fine wines, and good conversation to create a new type of lobbying in Washington, DC—social lobbying—over which he reigned for more than a decade...In 1843, Sam married a beautiful fortune-hunter from New Orleans, Medora Grymes, who bore two sons in quick succession. Urged on by his wife, Sam began speculating on Wall Street. In September 1847, the financial world was stunned by news that Prime, Ward and Co. (King had wisely withdrawn) had collapsed. Broke, Sam joined the '49ers rushing to California. He opened a store on the San Francisco waterfront; plowed his profits into real estate; claimed he made a quarter of a million dollars in three months; and lost it all when fire destroyed his wharves and warehouses. For a time he operated a ferry in the California wilderness; he alluded to mysterious schemes in Mexico and South America; and he bobbed up in New York a wealthy man again. He plunged back into speculating and lost all of his money again, and with it went Medora's affection. This time he finagled a berth on a diplomatic mission to Paraguay. When he sailed home in 1859, he brought with him a secret agreement with the president of Paraguay to lobby on that country's behalf and headed to Washington, DC, to begin a new career.". Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket .
Keywords: Californiana Carvel Collins Sam Ward Gold Fever Gold Miners Californiana
Price: US$ 20.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 33850
- Book number: 33850
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