Ebook: How not to get rich: the financial misadventures of Mark Twain

A detailed and humorous account of the various disastrous money schemes and entrepreneurial pursuits of Mark Twain, who was noted for his spectacularly bad financial decisions during the Gilded Age.;Author's note -- Whatever I touch turns to gold -- That splendid enterprise -- Do you gamble? -- I had to seek another livelihood -- All that glitters -- Rich and brimful of vanity -- The richest place on earth -- Poor, pitiful business! -- It is ours " all ours : everything -- In fairyland -- To live in this style -- -- How the ignorant and inexperienced succeed -- Feel rich at last -- The proportions of my prosperity -- This awful mechanical miracle -- Our prosperity became embarrassing -- Get me out of business! -- His money is tainted -- Mark Twain loses all -- Knocked flat on my back -- Money for a monument -- You cannot lose a penny -- To succeed in business -- -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.