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The Fabulous History of the Dismal Swamp Company: A Story of George Washington's Times

By Washington , Charles , George;Royster

Book information

Publisher
Vintage Books;Alfred A. Knopf
ISBN
9780307773296, 9780679753056, 0307773299
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
4 MB (4349438 bytes)
Pages
(702 pages) : illustrations, maps\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

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. From the Trade Paperback edition.

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