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Hot Air Promotions - An Autobiography of a Mining and Oil Stock Sucker
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Stanley McShane
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"There's a Sucker Born Every Minute," thought to be contributed by P. T. Barnum was actually uttered by a competitor of the Barnum & Bailey Circus. While he was referring to the customers of that famous circus, the saying could certainly be attributed equally to that period of time when mining and oil stocks were exploding on the exchanges early in the first and second
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My grandfather wrote this book back in the 1930's when he tapped his manuscript out with his two index fingers on an ancient Underwood. Earlier in his youth, Rose (McShane) had caught the gold bug and traveled north to Alaska after he stepped foot off the last ship he sailed. From there, he looked for gold in California, Nevada, and Arizona. Failing the discovery of a life-changing gold mine, he traveled back to San Francisco and began the long risky road of mining stock investments back in earl
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This is the true story of a man and his mining partner who gets sucked into the world of worthless stocks. They keep getting suckered into buying BS stocks on non-existent mines and lose money hand over fist. They remain honest and true friends. I am so glad I won this book through Goodreads First Reads context.
Thank you GoodReads :) Also, Thank you Stanley McShane for sharing your Dad's story. It was a well written and very entertaining book. I would read it again and will reccommend it to my friends:)
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Patrick John Rose was born on board his father’s ship, the Marguerite, off the coast of New York in 1872. Patrick claimed to have sailed for more than 30 years (also as a Captain) and professed to be a “sailor, prospector, miner, cowpoke, and oil worker.” He published one book (Bitter River Ranch in 1936 through Phoenix Press) during his lifetime and wrote many others as well as painted numerous i
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