How does a man known as a successful banker, businessman, and "Financier of the Civil War" fail so badly that he gets accused of starting a global depression?Ryan aims to find out as he learns about Jay Cooke and his failed attempt to build the Northern Pacific Railroad. Follow along as Ryan discusses what he learned about this fascinating man and his most significant failure. Sources: C. Thomas, James A. Garland, and Court United States. District. In the Matter of Jay Cooke, William G. Moorhead, Harris C. Fahnestock, Henry D. Cooke, Pitt Cooke, George C. Thomas, James A. Garland, and Jay Cooke, Jr., Copartners, & Co., in Bankruptcy. Philadelphia: Allen Lane & Scott's Printing House, 1873.Foner, Eric. Reconstruction Updated Edition: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-18: HarperPerennial Publishers, 2014.Lubetkin, M. John. Jay Cooke's Gamble: The Northern Pacific Railroad, the Sioux, and the Panic of 1873. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press 2014.Munden, Christopher P. "Jay Cooke: Banks, Railroads, and the Panic of 1873." Pennsylvania Legacies 11, no. 1 (2011): 3-5.
