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George Hearst - Silver King of the Gilded Age (Hardcover)
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George Hearst - Silver King of the Gilded Age (Hardcover)
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Rising from a Missouri boyhood and meager prospecting success to
owning the most productive copper, silver, and gold mines in the
world and being elected a United States senator, George Hearst
(1820-91) spent decades veering between the heights of prosperity
and the depths of financial ruin. In George Hearst: Silver King of
the Gilded Age, Matthew Bernstein captures Hearst's ascent, casting
light on his actions during the Civil War, his tempestuous marriage
to his cousin Phoebe, his role as disciplinarian and doting father
to future media magnate William Randolph Hearst, and his devious
methods of building the greatest mining empire in the West. Whether
driving a pack of mules laden with silver from the Comstock Lode to
San Francisco, bribing jurors in Pioche and Deadwood, or unearthing
bonanzas in Utah and Montana Territories, Hearst's cunning, energy,
and industry were always evident, along with occasional glimmers of
the villainy ascribed to him in the television series Deadwood. In
this first full-length biography, George Hearst emerges in all his
human dimensions and historical significance-an ambitious, complex,
flawed, and quintessentially American character.
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