Description: The Great Gold Swindle of Lubec, Maine, Maine, Paperback In 1897, a stranger named Reverend Prescott Jernegan arrived in Lubec and made a bold claim: he could extract gold from seawater. To do so, he used so-called accumulators of electrically charged rods in iron pots. Fooling many, he actually hid the gold beneath a wharf in the Bay of Fundy during the night. He and his accomplice, Charles Fisher, preached with fervent enthusiasm as they built their factory and encouraged inspections, which reversed doubters to greedy high-stakes investors. Hundreds of laborers accelerated factory expansion until July 1897, when Jernegan and Fisher fled. Although residents of Lubec attempted civil and criminal action, both men relocated, and fantasies of gold wealth flowed away. Relive the excitement, disappointment and anger of turn-of-the-century Mainers in this collection of accounts about the Lubec gold hoax.
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MPN: 9781626190085
Book Title: Great Gold Swindle of Lubec, Maine
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Ron Pesha
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Hoaxes & Deceptions, Earth Sciences / Oceanography, United States / State & Local / New England (Ct, mA, ME, NH, Ri, VT), United States / General
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2013
Genre: True Crime, Science, History
Item Weight: 12.2 Oz
Number of Pages: 208 Pages
