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Article: Jay Cooke's Gamble: The Northern Pacific Railroad, the Sioux, and the Panic of 1873.(Book review)
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- USA TODAY
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- March 1, 2007
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JAY COOKE'S GAMBLE The Northern Pacific Railroad, the Sioux, and the Panic of 1873 BY M. JOHN LUBETKIN UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA PRESS 2006, 380 PAGES, $29,95
There is something for everyone in this book. It is about railroad robber barons, the world of sleazy high finance, government shenanigans, downright "cooking of the books," Chiefs Sitting Bull and Gall, George Armstrong Custer, and about a man who thought he was ordained to carry on the myth of Manifest Destiny. As a political powerhouse, Jay Cooke was second only to Pres. Abraham Lincoln. He started out with a small banking house, but by dint of honesty and personality, became the "Subscription Agent for ...