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1872 CRIME 1ed Life of James Fisk Gilded Age Robber Baron Fraud Infamy Murder
1872 CRIME 1ed Life of James Fisk Gilded Age Robber Baron Fraud Infamy Murder
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1872 CRIME 1ed Life of James Fisk Gilded Age Robber Baron Fraud Infamy Murder



A rare first edition printing of the 19th-century biographical narrative entitled, The Life of James Fisk, Jr. Written by Willoughby Jones, this biography describes the infamous life, crimes, and treacherous death of “Jubilee Jim” Fisk, a notorious robber baron during the American Gilded Age.



Following a life of vast immoral financial gain and frequent marital infidelity, James Fisk Jr. would earn numerous enemies. One such opponent was former business associate, Edward Stiles Stokes who, in collusion with Fisks former mistress, Josie Mansfield, tried to extort Fisk for money by threatening to expose his many illegal ventures. This conflict would lead to the eventual murder of Fisk by the hand of Stokes.





Item number: #40527

Price: $399



JONES, Willoughby



The Life of James Fisk, Jr., The Story of His Youth and Manhood, with Full Accounts of All the Schemes and Enterprises in Which He was Engaged, Including the Great Frauds of The Tammany Ring. Biographical Sketches of Railroad Magnates and Great Financiers, with Brilliant Pen Pictures in the Lights and Shadows of New York Life. “Josie Mansfield” The “Siren.” Edward S. Stokes, The Assassin.



Philadelphia; Chicago; Cincinnati: Union Publishing Company, 1872. First edition.



Details:

Collation: Complete

512

47 illustrations

References: McDade, The Annals of Murder 917-919

Provenance: Bookplate – Edward A. Washburn

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure

Cloth

Size: ~8.75in X 6.25in (22cm x 15.5cm)



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