History of Delaware County and Border Wars of New York

By Jay Gould
Introduction by Edward Renehan

Subjects: New York/regional, American History, History, General Interest
Series: Excelsior Editions, New York Classics
Imprint: Excelsior Editions
Hardcover : 9781438485393, 306 pages, October 2021
Paperback : 9781438485409, 306 pages, July 2022

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Table of contents

New Introduction
Edward Renehan

History of Delaware County and Border Wars of New York

Preface

Contents

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Appendix

A classic history of Delaware County and the border wars written by none other than prominent Gilded Age "Robber Baron" Jay Gould.

Description

When Jay Gould died in 1892 he left behind an estate worth the equivalent of seventy-eight billion in today's dollars. He also left behind a reputation as one of Wall Street's most shrewd, astute, and (some said) manipulative operators. Long before his adventures in finance, the future "robber baron" was a young man on the make in his native Catskills, working as a surveyor and mapmaker in his natal place of Delaware County, where he had grown up side by side with the future writer and naturalist John Burroughs. Originally published in 1856, when Gould was just twenty, Gould's History of Delaware County and Border Wars of New York is based on primary sources and original testimony from second and third generation settlers, many of them Gould's own friends and cousins. The book continues to be an important source on the first settlement of the region and is highly regarded by scholars. This edition features a new introduction by Edward Renehan, the biographer of both Gould and John Burroughs.

Jay Gould began his career as a surveyor in his native Delaware County before becoming a notorious and wealthy investor. Edward Renehan is the author of more than twenty books, including Dark Genius of Wall Street: The Misunderstood Life of Jay Gould, King of the Robber Barons.