{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/61168564926b7100124612a7/62ea9e4dbec02b001224ca7e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Jay Gould: An American Rascal","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61168564926b7100124612a7/1659542421960-549dd29103df0834268d255b8f0f2bf9.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Of all the tycoons of the Gilded Age, Jay Gould stands out as a speculator and industrialist that would do anything to make money. Greg Steinmetz, a journalist and Wall Street analyst joins me to discuss the life of this legendary \"rascal.\" Regardless of how you might interpret Gould's place in American history, he cannot be ignored.</p><p><br></p><p><u>Essential Reading</u>:</p><p><a href=\"https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/American-Rascal/Greg-Steinmetz/9781982107406\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Greg Steinmetz, <em>American Rascal: How Jay Gould Built Wall Street's Biggest Fortune</em> (2022).</a></p><p><br></p><p>Recommended Reading:</p><p><a href=\"https://books.google.ie/books/about/The_First_Tycoon.html?id=lfKq34PkOg0C&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;source=kp_read_button&amp;hl=en&amp;redir_esc=y#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">T. J. Stiles, <em>The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt</em> (2009).</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://books.google.ie/books?id=A_A4DgAAQBAJ&amp;printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Edward J. Renehan Jr., <em>Dark Genius of Wall Street: The Misunderstood Life of Jay Gould</em> (2006).</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://books.google.ie/books?id=m9aDRq7H2fYC&amp;dq=jim+fisk&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;redir_esc=y\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">H. W. Brands, <em>The Murder of Jim Fisk for the Love of Josie Mansfield: A Tragedy of the Gilded Age</em> (2011).</a></p>","author_name":"Michael Patrick Cullinane"}