Timothy H. Kistner

Federalist Tycoon (eBook, ePUB)

The Life and Times of Israel Thorndike

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Born poor in Beverly, Massachusetts, in 1755, the young Israel Thorndike was a fisherman and ship owner who made a small fortune as a Revolutionary War privateer. Later he became a wealthy merchant, a delegate to the Massachusetts Ratification Convention and a director of the National Bank in Boston. A longtime Federalist legislator, he was highly regarded within the radical circles that contemplated secession during the Jefferson administration and the War of 1812. After the war, Thorndike concluded his multifaceted career as the leading venture capitalist financing the early Industrial Revolution. Sadly, his story is little known. Federalist Tycoon pulls Thorndike's life and career from the shadows and fully examines his impact on American economic development.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. April 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780761865711
• Artikelnr.: 42889734

Autorenporträt

Timothy H. Kistner is an attorney in Boston where he lives with his wife, Alex. A graduate of Tufts University and Boston University School of Law, he previously served in the Obama administration at the Department of Homeland Security.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
Prologue: October, 1814
Chapter 1: A Colonial Childhood, 1755-1775
Chapter 2: Revolution and Riches, 1775-1792
Chapter 3: The Wealthy Merchant, 1792-1802
Chapter 4: War Again, 1802-1807
Chapter 5: Embargo and Politics, 1807-1812
Chapter 6: I Would Spend All My Wealth, 1812--1815
Chapter 7: New Horizons, 1815-1821
Chapter 8: Final Years of an Industrialist, 1821-1832
Bibliography
Index