Introduction xiPart 11 School Days 32 The Seduction of Zadock Pratt 113 Tanners War 234 This Thing Ambition 275 Influencers 356 Erie 437 Sardines 518 The Flight 579 Peculiar Affairs 6510 Good Morning, Commodore 7711 Prophet of Regulation 8112 Gold 8913 The Plot 9914 The Mix-up 10715 Pump and Dump 11316 Black Friday 11917 The Day After 12518 The Reckoning 131Part 219 Fisk's Reward 13920 Cows in the Moonlight 14721 Union Pacific 15522 Edison 16523 Dirty Tricks 17324 In Gould's Grip 17725 Acquisitions 18326 Western Union 18727 Elevated 19128 Wares at a Bazaar 19729 Terror 20730 The Strike 21531 A Gould Wedding 22532 In the Dock 22933 Bad News 23334 Morgan 23935 Change at the Top 24536 Woodlawn 25337 An Appraisal 259Epilogue 267Acknowledgments and Sourcing 271Notes 273Index 287