“The Man Who Hit the Mother Lode”—the WSJ review of THE BONANZA KING

Here’s “The Man Who Hit the Mother Lode,” by Patrick Cooke for the weekend edition of the Wall Street Journal, July 7 & 8, 2018. (Clicking the larger image below should enlarge it to readable size)   “A monumentally researched biography of one of the 19th century’s wealthiest self-made Americans…Well-written and worthwhile…John Mackay spent a...