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Biography

A Penny Saved Is a Penny Earned (75) Vanessa Drucker. Sociologist Max Weber draws a correlation between capitalism and Protestantism.

An American Dynasty: The Astors (65) James Lowe. Don’t be fooled by the autographs from this notable family. While documents from the Astors have become a favorite for collectors, it is sometimes difficult to tell which signatures are authentic.

An American Dynasty: The Vanderbilts (66) James Lowe. Collecting autographs from the family whose name is synonomous with American wealth.

Antonio Lopez De Santa Ana (17) Robert Fisher. A biographical sketch of the famous Mexican soldier, statesman and conqueror of the Alamo.

Benjamin Franklin, Businessman (79) Sanford J. Mock. Years before he became a famous patriot and inventor, young Benjamin Franklin was all business.

Bet-A-Million (21-23) George Haley Garrison. Three-part story on John Wayne Gates, avid gambler, founder of the American Steel and Wire Co., and one of the most powerful factors in the steel industry.

Benjamin Stoddert: Visionary Merchant Patriot (68) Lawrence Pistell. The First Naval Secretary’s Contributions to the New American Economy.

Bernard Baruch, The Baron of Hobcaw (82) Sanford J. Mock. Biography of a presidential financial advisor.

Carlson Launches American Bank Note Into the Space Age (76) Mark D. Tomasko. The high-tech art of master bank note vignette painter S. Ohrvel Carlson.

Commodore Vanderbilt and “The Forty Thieves” (68) K.C. Tessendorf. The Commodore’s Grand Railroad Plans Result in Grand Central Station.

Daniel Sickles (12) Editors. Biographical sketch with a specimen of his signature.

Diamond Jim (James A. Brady) (15) George Haley Garrison. A brief account of his life and success selling railroad equipment.

Do it Big Sammy (24-27) George Haley Garrison. Four-part biography of Samuel Insull, public-utilities promoter and right-hand man to Thomas Edison, whose organizational genius enabled him to amass a grand empire that would crumble during the crash of 1929.

Emperor of the United States (74) Claudia LaRocco. San Francisco businessman Joshua Norton declares himself Emperor, issues his own bonds, and drives tourism and money into the city.

The Evolution of Mr. Magic Millions (71) K.C. Tessendorf. A portrait of Henry Flager, the standard oil partner who divided his life between making as much money as he liked and spending as much money as he wished.

Financial Biographies (17,19) Editors. Mini-biographies of some of the most colorful entrepreneurs and innovators of the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries.

Forgotten Patriot (75) Russell Roberts. Elias Boudinot fights reluctantly, yet honorably, for the independence of he nation and the survival of the U.S. Mint.

From Farm House to Publishing House (60) Kristin Richard. Discusses the formation of Krause Publishing by Chet Krause and its role in coin collecting. Discusses how Chet Krause became interested in coin collecting and how he became a publisher.

From the Big Easy to the Big Board (74) Sanford Wexler. Harold E. Doley, Jr. breaks the color barrier at the New York Stock Exchange.

From Fed to Folk Hero (85)  Bai Yun.  As Federal Reserve chairman, Paul Volcker revitalized the economy, paved the way for prosperity and fought for corporate integrity, and that’s just the beginning.

Fur Trading and Uptown Real Estate (60) Meg Ventrudo. Discusses how John Jacob Astor, a German emigrant, used his fur business to invest in real estate and become the wealthiest man in America in 1834.

Galusha Aaron Grow (12) Editors. Biographical sketch with a specimen of his signature.

George M. Pullman (10) Editors. Short biographical sketch of the career of the pioneering railroad-car builder.

Gordon L. Macklin (50) Considered the "father of electronic stock trading."

The Greatest Dupont (55) Michael Houdart. T.C. DuPont did the impossible - in the short span of one month and spending around $6,000 in cash, he acquired about $59 million in assets!

Herbert Hoover and the Outback (22) Estella Robinson. Herbert Hoover's prospecting ventures and involvement with Australian mining companies.

Hetty Green, Witch of Wall Street (16) George Haley Garrison. Chronicles the life of America's legendary cheapskate, who turned a measly million dollars into one hundred million and whose personality and business dealings earned her the title "Witch of Wall Street."

The Infamous "Boss Tweed" (35) Stephen Goldsmith. A lengthy history on the political and business careers of the infamous "Boss" Tweed who purportedly stole over $200,000,000 from the citizens of New York.

The Inventor and the Investor (74) Kristin Aguilera. Thomas Edison and J.P. Morgan light up Manhattan.

Jacob Little: “Ursa Major” at the Exchange (64) K.C. Tessendorf. The Wall Street workaholic who became America’s first great speculator.

Jay Gould (49) "The greatest, most powerful, robber baron in American financial history.

Jim Fisk: Wall Street Scoundrel, Con Artist, and Schemer (77) Russell Roberts. Biographical sketch of one of Wall Street’s most colorful characters.

John D. Rockefeller (51) Lessons from a billionaire.

John D. Rockefeller: A Photographic History(66) Kristin Richard and Keith E. Rolfe. In a lifetime that spanned nearly a century, John D. Rockefeller forever changed American business, while creating a philanthropic legacy.

John Law: Swindler & Prophet (71) Vivian Lewis. The scheme to create the Mississippi company, and the panic that followed.

Lessons from a Leader (73) James Jackson. Robert E. Rubin’s rise to corporate and political success.

A Legacy of Leadership (79) Vivian Lewis. From New York real estate legend Leonard Jerome to Sir Winston Churchill, a notable and noble family history.

The Man Who Made New York “New York” (69) Fred Folsom. The force behind the Erie Canal - Henry Post Jr.

Mastermind (Henry H. Rogers) (17) George Haley Garrison. A commentary on the genius of Henry H. Rogers and his involvement in the dealings of "Rockefeller's" Standard Oil Company.

Museum Celebrates Life of a Financial Legend (59) Kristin Richard. A review of Alexander Hamilton’s major accomplishments.

Nathan Bedford Forrest (12) Editors. Biographical sketch of the controversial Confederate general, with portrait.

New Women of the World (73) Claudia LaRocco. Businesswomen of the 19th century.

Our Lady of the Flag (68) Sanford J. Mock. Separating Fact from Fiction in the Betsy Ross Fable.

A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned (75) Vanessa Drucker. Sociologist Max Weber draws a correlation between capitalism and Protestantism.

A Pirate in Spite of Himself (72) K.C. Tessendorf. The adventures of Captain William Kidd, one of Wall Street’s earliest residents.

Oliver Pollock: Forgotten Financier of the American Revolution (83) Russell Roberts. Biographical sketch of an important financier and supplier for the American Revolution in the West.

Prospecting for Gould (73) K.C. Tessendorf. Boni and Anna’s decade of excess.

P.T. Barnum and "The Art of Money Getting" (50) The self-titled "world's greatest showman," spent nearly two decades delivering a financial advice lecture as a means of pulling himself out of bankruptcy.

Riding the Rails with Madam Railroad (67) Pat Ellebracht. The career of Isabel H. Benham, railroad analyst and one of the first women of Wall Street.

Robert Spring: Early American Check Forger (17) Earl E. Moore. The fascinating story of Robert Spring, one of the most prolific of American forgers of documents who gained notoriety by his fabrication of letters and documents of George Washington.

Samuel Morse (52) The Farewell Word. Tale of the Tape, 150th anniversary of the Telegraph.

Simon Lake and the Lake Submarine Salvage Corporation (24) Larry Weinbaum. Inventor of the first submarine to operate successfully in open sea, Simon Lake was a man ahead of his time. However, due to his poor business skills, his life ended in failure.

Tempest Beyond the Teapot (54) Sanford J. Mock. A former pimp, singing waiter, prospector and gunslinger orchestrated one of the greatest scandals in U.S. history - on his way to becoming the richest man in America. The rags to riches to disgrace story of Ed Doheny and the infamous Teapot Dome Scandal.

Thomas Alva Edison (6) Editors. A short history of the life of America's best-known inventor.

Thomas Who? (62) Robert Carver. The legacy of the Gibbons family and the pieces of financial history they left behind.

Thomas Willing (12) Editors. Biographical sketch with a specimen of signature.

Thorstein Veblen & the Tides of Fashion (71) Vanessa Drucker. Biography of one of the most respected economists, satirists and social critics of the early 20th century.

Tribute to a Widow (23) Bert Rietveld. The story of the Widow Borski, head of the famous Dutch banking house Veuve Borski.

An Upstream Battles for Salmon P. Chase (72) Russell Roberts. He never satisfied his Presidential aspirations, but Chase served a curcial role as Union Treasury Secretary during the Civil War.

What Ever Happened to President Tilden? (69) Sanford J. Mock. The controversial election that Rutherford B. Hayes thought he lost.

Will the Real William Wrigley Please Stand Up (49) An Atlantic City toothpaste entrepreneur flim-flammed and capitalized on the more famous Wrigley of Chicago and chewing gum fame.