The Book of Daniel DrewCosimo, Inc., 2005 M05 1 - 240 páginas "He Who Sells What Isn't His'n Must Buy it Back or Go to Pris'n." --"Uncle Dan'l" Drew Long out of print and virtually unavailable for years, THE BOOK OF DANIEL DREW is the irresistible story of a country boy who grew up to become Wall Street's first great speculator. Told for the most part in his own salty language - of his early life as a cattle drover, as a profiteer of "watered" cattle (a scheme he later used in the stock deal in the famed Erie Railroad operation), of his building of a fortune on Wall Street and of his epic struggles with Commodore Vanderbilt including his unholy alliances with Gould, Fisk and Boss Tweed. Originally published in 1910, THE BOOK OF DANIEL DREW is a true classic of the stock market. It's a fascinating look at an era in American financial history whose ethos was "anything goes" and anything did! |
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... night for milking , with nothing to go by but the sound of the bell dingling from the cow's neck , and sometimes not even that , they would be so far off ; why , it means that you've got work on your hands . When there was nothing out ...
... night for milking , with nothing to go by but the sound of the bell dingling from the cow's neck , and sometimes not even that , they would be so far off ; why , it means that you've got work on your hands . When there was nothing out ...
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... night just in making the trip to New York . In that case you'd have to sleep the best way you could . But you could find a good berth on the hay or straw which usually formed a part of the boat's cargo . As long as it didn't rain , you ...
... night just in making the trip to New York . In that case you'd have to sleep the best way you could . But you could find a good berth on the hay or straw which usually formed a part of the boat's cargo . As long as it didn't rain , you ...
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... night to save time , for hunger in the belly puts spurs to the heels - and , instead of starting in with talk about buying , I would say : " Hello , Brother So - and - So " ( the news of how I had got religion helped me with the farmers ) ...
... night to save time , for hunger in the belly puts spurs to the heels - and , instead of starting in with talk about buying , I would say : " Hello , Brother So - and - So " ( the news of how I had got religion helped me with the farmers ) ...
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... night at a tavern called " The Bull's Head . " I mention this tavern in par- ticular , because of another " Bull's Head Inn " which I will tell you about later on . This " Bull's Head " at Middleburgh got its name from a big bull's head ...
... night at a tavern called " The Bull's Head . " I mention this tavern in par- ticular , because of another " Bull's Head Inn " which I will tell you about later on . This " Bull's Head " at Middleburgh got its name from a big bull's head ...
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... night at Carmel we used to have high old times at sleigh rides and the mite societies . Then there were the paring - bees - we used to call them " applecuts " -and the singing school , nut - cracking parties , candy - pulls - what not ...
... night at Carmel we used to have high old times at sleigh rides and the mite societies . Then there were the paring - bees - we used to call them " applecuts " -and the singing school , nut - cracking parties , candy - pulls - what not ...
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Astor Seeks an Interview | 29 |
Life at the Bulls Head Tavern | 32 |
Pioneer Cattle Driving | 40 |
Gets Control of the Erie | 76 |
Wall Street in the Civil War | 85 |
A Visit from Boss Tweed | 90 |
The Railroad to Harlem | 94 |
Building of Churches California Parker | 100 |
Meets Jim Fisk | 108 |
War with Vanderbilt | 113 |
The Printing Press | 120 |
Farewell to a Drovers Life | 46 |
Early Steamboat Days on the Hudson | 49 |
Commodore Vanderbilt Loses a Steamboat | 58 |
Wall Street | 61 |
The Church on Mulberry Street | 67 |
The Erie Railroad | 71 |
Escape to Jersey City | 127 |
Fort Taylor | 132 |
End of the War and Treaty of Peace | 140 |
Drew Theological Seminary | 153 |
A Red Letter Day | 158 |
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Albany anyhow began Bergen Hill boat Bowery boys brokers brought Bull's Head butcher called Carmel cash cattle church Commodore corner critters crowd Daniel Drew deal dicker dollars Drew Theological Seminary drover Enoch Crosby Erie Railroad Erie Road Erie stock Erie war fact farm farmers fellow felt fight Fisk and Gould getting give glad going Gould and Fisk greenbacks guess hand Harlem Hill horse Hudson River inside Jersey City Jim Fisk Jimmy keep kind knew look meeting morning never night once paper passengers Peekskill Piermont pretty profits Putnam County rails scared sell side sometimes soon speckilations started steamboat talk tavern tell thing thought thousand shares told took trip turn Tweed Uncle Vanderbilt Wall Street wanted York City
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Página 30 - A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay. A swarm of bees in June is worth a silver spoon. A swarm of bees in July is not worth a fly.
Página 156 - Saw ye not the cloud arise, Little as a human hand? Now it spreads along the skies, — Hangs o'er all the thirsty land ; Lo! the promise of a shower Drops already from above ; But the Lord will shortly pour All the Spirit of his love.
Página 233 - FROM every stormy wind that blows, From every swelling tide of woes, There is a calm, a sure retreat : "Tis found beneath the mercy-seat.
Página 156 - SEE how great a flame aspires, Kindled by a spark of grace ! Jesus' love the nations fires, — Sets the kingdoms on a blaze. To bring fire on earth he came ; Kindled in some hearts it is : O that all might catch the flame, All partake the glorious bliss...
Página 14 - Far in the deep, where darkness dwells, The land of horror and despair, — Justice has built a dismal hell, And laid her stores of vengeance there. Eternal plagues and heavy chains, Tormenting racks and fiery coals, — And darts to inflict immortal pains, Dyed in the blood of damned souls.
Página 156 - When he first the work begun, Small and feeble was his day: Now the word doth swiftly run ; Now it wins its widening way : More and more it spreads and grows, Ever mighty to prevail ; Sin's strongholds it now o'erthrows, Shakes the trembling gates of hell. 3 Sons of God, your Saviour praise! He the door hath opened wide ; He hath given the word of grace; Jesus
Página 21 - HARK! from the tombs a doleful sound! My ears attend the cry; " Ye living men, come view the ground, Where you must shortly lie. 2 " Princes, this clay must be your bed, In spite of all your towers; The tall, the wise, the reverend head Must lie as low as ours.
Página 70 - In vain to heaven she lifts her eyes, But guilt, a heavy chain, Still drags her downward from the skies To darkness, fire, and pain.
Página 80 - ... a conscience all the time full of prickles, are out of place in business dickerings. A prickly conscience would be like a white silk apron for a blacksmith. Sometimes you've got to get your hands dirty, but that doesn't mean that the money you make is also dirty. Black hens can lay white eggs. ... It isn't how you get your money but what you do with it that counts...