From the Author xiii
Main Characters xvii
INTRODUCTION
Obsession 1
CHAPTER 1
Hamilton’s Design 10
CHAPTER 2
Solving the Crime of 1873 17
CHAPTER 3
Free Silver 27
CHAPTER 4
Seeds of Roosevelt’s Manipulation 38
CHAPTER 5
FDR Promotes Silver 45
CHAPTER 6
Silver Subsidy 52
CHAPTER 7
China and America Collide 60
CHAPTER 8
Bombshell in Shanghai 71
CHAPTER 9
Silver Lining 90
CHAPTER 10
Costly Victory 99
CHAPTER 11
JFK’s Double Cross 104
CHAPTER 12
LBJ Nails the Coffin Shut 119
CHAPTER 13
Psychiatrist’s Meltdown 131
CHAPTER 14
Battle Lines 146
CHAPTER 15
Nelson Bunker Hunt 150
CHAPTER 16
Heavyweight Fight 165
CHAPTER 17
Saudi Connection 175
CHAPTER 18
Silver Soars 183
CHAPTER 19
Collapse 202
CHAPTER 20
The Trial 224
CHAPTER 21
Buffett’s Manipulation? 236
CHAPTER 22
Message from Omaha 242
CHAPTER 23
The Past Informs the Future 249
Notes 253
Selected Bibliography 317
About the Author 327
Illustration Credits 329
Index 331