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The Fabulous History of the Dismal Swamp Company: A Story of George Washington's Times

The Fabulous History of the Dismal Swamp Company: A Story of George Washington's Times

Royster, Charles

Paperback

Colonial Period (1600-1775)General World HistoryRevolutionary Period (1775-1800)

ISBN10: 0679753052
ISBN13: 9780679753056
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: Dec 5 2000
Pages: 640
Weight: 1.26
Height: 1.31 Width: 5.22 Depth: 7.97
Language: 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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