Two strangers on a steamer bound for Buenos Ayres in 1893 share a secret: a hoard of gold hidden in the Cordilleras so vast that it could buy the world. Once it is shipped north, the novel follows the consequences through Wall Street panics, mysterious benefactions, a European war and a consultation at the White House.
A financial fantasy from the 1890s that takes the gold-standard debates of its day to their logical extreme. Download the free EPUB.