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

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.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 640
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780679753056
  • Genres
  • history, presidents, science, politics, biography, autobiography
  • Release date
  • 2000