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Author : Asbury Harpending
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Total Pages : 290 pages
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Download or read book The Great Diamond Hoax and Other Stirring Incidents in the Life of Asbury Harpending written by Asbury Harpending and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Author : Asbury Harpending
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230300269
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The Great Diamond Hoax and Other Stirring Incidents in the Life of Asbury Harpending written by Asbury Harpending and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XIX. Two Men Block Plan To Run New Montgomery Street To The Bay; One Asks Coin, Other PreFers Fight. Promoters Appeal to Legislature and Do Not Neglect Precaution of First "Seeing" Vote Brokers. When Ralston and I opened New Montgomery street we never doubted that its manifest importance would compel an immediate and voluntary extension to the natural terminus of the water-front and prove the logical outlet for congested trade. That this would have been the case had the majority of property owners been able to follow our example, I have no reasonable doubt. But just as in the case of "Montgomery Street Straight," special interests and selfish considerations stood in the way. Less than half a dozen property owners, to their irreparable disadvantage, blocked "Montgomery Straight"--a project that would have changed the whole course of the city's progress and development. Just two property owners prevented the immediate extension of New Montgomery street to the bay, and again the failure was the city's heavy loss. These two men were Milton S. Latham and John Parrott. Latham owned a stately home and large grounds on Folsom street, directly in the line of the new thoroughfare. It was a matter of no small personal pride, and doubtless he was attached to the locality. He asked such a fabulous price for the right-of-way, which of course would have destroyed the home value of the property, that even Ralston and myself, who were accustomed to brush any minor obstacles out of our way without counting costs, stood aghast. John Parrott, on the other hand, wouldn't trade at all. His business hours were then strictly limited from 9 to half-past 10, and every time we managed to secure an interview, all the satisfaction we could get out of him was...
Author : Asbury Harpending
Publisher : Nabu Press
ISBN 13 : 9781294127529
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (275 download)
Download or read book The Great Diamond Hoax written by Asbury Harpending and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Author : Asbury Harpending
Publisher : Scholar's Choice
ISBN 13 : 9781296166731
Total Pages : 286 pages
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Download or read book The Great Diamond Hoax and Other Stirring Incidents in the Life of Asbury Harpending - Scholar's Choice Edition written by Asbury Harpending and published by Scholar's Choice. This book was released on 2015-02-18 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : James H. Wilkins
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ISBN 13 : 9781331516026
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (16 download)
Download or read book The Great Diamond Hoax and Other Stirring Incidents written by James H. Wilkins and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-16 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Great Diamond Hoax and Other Stirring Incidents: In the Life of Asbury Harpending The Great Diamond Hoax and Other Stirring Incidents: In the Life of Asbury Harpending was written by James H. Wilkins in 1913. This is a 280 page book, containing 56767 words and 11 pictures. Search Inside is enabled for this title. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Author : Asbury Harpending
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Total Pages : 211 pages
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Author : Ashbury Harpending
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Download or read book The Great Diamond Hoax and Other Stirring Incidents in the Life of Ashbury H. Harpending ; Edited by James H. Wilkins ... written by Ashbury Harpending and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Asbury Harpending
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ISBN 13 : 9781589638921
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (389 download)
Download or read book The Great Diamond Hoax written by Asbury Harpending and published by . This book was released on 2002-06-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fantastic story of this ambitious scheme which defrauded many of the country's financial and commercial leaders of the time. Harpending was accused by many of masterminding the scheme. This book is his defense. His version is generally accepted to be truthful, but the great "Diamond Mine Swindle' continues to be a mystery to historians. The 'other stirring events' contain a lot of Western material. Harpending connived to switch California and Nevada (with their rich gold and silver mines) to the side of the Confederacy during the Civil War. Harpending claims to tell the "whole truth" about his part in a diamond swindle as well as other questionable doings in early California. One of the West's more notable entrepreneurial rogues, Harpending conceived and executed his notorious scheme during the early 1870's, selling shares in a "salted" diamond mine in a cleverly conceived pyramid operation which netted his original sponsors $600,000 on an initial investment of only $35,000 while duping scores of other fortune seekers.
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ISBN 13 : 150402916X
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ISBN 13 : 0803205961
Total Pages : 232 pages
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Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806116532
Total Pages : 468 pages
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ISBN 13 : 080617868X
Total Pages : 365 pages
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ISBN 13 : 1493018043
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