00000nam 2200000 4500 INLIS000000000009163 20200508204658 200508||||||||| | ||| |||| ||eng|| 978-0-471-93337-3 010-0520009163 eng 818.409 818.409/KRA/I Peter Krass Ignorance, confidence, and filthy rich friends : the business adventures of Mark Twain, chronic speculator and entrepreneur New Jersey John Wiley & Sons 2007 viii,278p. : ill.; 23cm Indeks : p.265-278 In Ignorance, Confidence, and Filthy Rich Friends, Peter Krass captures a little-known side of this American icon and details the roller coaster ride of his business ventures in a dramatic, entertaining, and informative narrative style. From Twain's time as the founder of his own publishing house--where he made a small fortune publishing General Ulysses S. Grant's memoirs--to his foray into venture capitalism and investment in numerous start-up firms, to his focus on his own inventions, this engaging book reveals the Mark Twain that few of us know: the no-nonsense, successful American businessman. twain , Mark, 1835-1910-Knowledge-Commerce