How not to get rich : the financial misadventures of Mark Twain /

How not to get rich : the financial misadventures of Mark Twain /

Describes the famed author's many hare-brained, unsuccessful attempts to strike it rich, including a failed silver mine and a plan to market "energizing" coca leaves from the Amazon with no way to import them.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Crawford, Alan Pell (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2017]
Subjects:
Twain, Mark, > 1835-1910 > Finance, Personal.
Authors, American > Finance, Personal.
Speculation > United States > History > 19th century.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Personal Finance.
HISTORY > United States.
HUMOR > Business & Professional.
Table of Contents:
  • "Whatever I touch turns to gold"
  • "That splendid enterprise"
  • "Do you gamble?"
  • "I had to seek another livelihood"
  • "All that glitters"
  • "Rich and brimful of vanity"
  • "The richest place on Earth"
  • "Poor, pitiful business!"
  • "It is ours--all ours--everything"
  • "In fairyland"
  • "To live in this style ..."
  • "How the ignorant and inexperienced succeed"
  • "A lie & a fraud"
  • "The proportions of my prosperity"
  • "This awful mechanical miracle"
  • "Our prosperity became embarrassing"
  • "Get me out of business!"
  • "His money is tainted"
  • "Mark Twain loses all"
  • "Knocked flat on my back"
  • "Money for a monument"
  • "You cannot lose a penny"
  • "To succeed in business ..."