{"product_id":"a-disposition-to-be-rich","title":"A Disposition to Be Rich","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe compelling behind-the-scenes story of the greatest swindler of the Gilded Age, whose villainy bankrupted Ulysses S. Grant and stunned the world of finance--told by his great-grandson, award-winning historian Geoffrey C. Ward. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFerdinand Ward, the son of a Protestant missionary and small-town pastor, moved to New York at twenty-one and, in less than a decade, made himself the business partner of a former president and established himself as the \"Young Napoleon of Finance.\" In truth, he was running a massive pyramid scheme. Drawing from thousands of family documents never before examined, Geoffrey C. Ward traces his great-grandfather's rapid rise to riches and fame, and his even more dizzying fall from grace, in a narrative populated with mistresses, crooked bankers, corrupt New York officials, and a desperate kidnapping scheme. Here is a great story about a classic American con artist.","brand":"Knopf Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48833726349517,"sku":"9780345804693","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_5e97d027-2ea7-43d6-ae12-fbd6cf19d6a2.jpg?v=1790894478","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/a-disposition-to-be-rich","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}