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The Fabulous History of the Dismal Swamp Company

by Charles Royster
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From historian Charles Royster—winner of the Francis Parkman, Bancroft, and Lincoln prizes—comes the history of one of eighteenth-century America's most fantastic land speculation deals: William Byrd's scheme to develop 900 square miles of swamp on the Virginia-North Carolina border and create fabulous wealth for himself and other shareholders, including George Washington.
Royster scrupulously follows the paper trail through the byways of transatlantic deal-cutting, providing a rare view of early American economic culture.  Elegantly written and impressively researched, The Fabulous History of the Dismal Swamp Company is an eye-opening account of greed, folly, and venture capitalism in the revolutionary era.
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Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

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  • Release date: December 8, 2010

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  • ISBN: 9780307773296
  • Release date: December 8, 2010

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  • ISBN: 9780307773296
  • File size: 5104 KB
  • Release date: December 8, 2010

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Business History Nonfiction

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English

From historian Charles Royster—winner of the Francis Parkman, Bancroft, and Lincoln prizes—comes the history of one of eighteenth-century America's most fantastic land speculation deals: William Byrd's scheme to develop 900 square miles of swamp on the Virginia-North Carolina border and create fabulous wealth for himself and other shareholders, including George Washington.
Royster scrupulously follows the paper trail through the byways of transatlantic deal-cutting, providing a rare view of early American economic culture.  Elegantly written and impressively researched, The Fabulous History of the Dismal Swamp Company is an eye-opening account of greed, folly, and venture capitalism in the revolutionary era.
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Business History Nonfiction