Description: American El Dorado: The Great Diamond Hoax of 1872 by Ron Elliott. New, unread book with dust jacket in Fine condition. Signed by author on title page. Includes b&w photos, end notes, bibliography & sources, and index. From the jacket: "Long before Charles Ponzi's name was permanently attached to the word "scheme" and a hundred years before Bernie Madoff mastered the investment con, Kentuckian Philip Arnold put together a plan which, like none before, would bilk rich (and greedy) investors with a "sting" entirely befitting America's still-wild West. Not content with simply swindling some of the country's brightest luminaries, politicians and high-profile celebrities of the day, Arnold did so in grand style, making himself and his story the subject of nation-wide headlines. Award winning author Ron Elliott takes the reader behind the scene of this little known and almost too fantastic to be true scam, and reveals how a fake diamond mine induced investors to heap a fortune on its perpetrator and describes his inevitable downfall." Some of the famous and influential men who fell victim to this hoax include Horace Greeley, William M. Lent, Gen. G.B. McClelland, Henry Janin, William C. Ralston, Asbury Harpending, Baron F. Rothschild, Clarence King, Gen. Ben F. Butler, and Charles L. Tiffany.
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Location: Princeton, Kentucky
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
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Modified Item: Yes
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: 19th Century, American History
Region: American West Coast
Title: American El Dorado: Great Diamond Hoax of 1872
Subjects: History & Military
Author: Ron Elliott
Signed: Yes
Publisher: Acclaim Press
Age Level: Adults
City: San Francisco
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket
Format: Hardcover
Publication Year: 2012
Language: English
