The Great Gold Swindle of Lubec, Maine, Maine, Paperback

Description: The Great Gold Swindle of Lubec, Maine, Maine, Paperback In 1897, a stranger named Reverend Prescott Jernegan arrived in Lubec and made a bold claim: he could extract gold from seawater. To do so, he used so-called accumulators of electrically charged rods in iron pots. Fooling many, he actually hid the gold beneath a wharf in the Bay of Fundy during the night. He and his accomplice, Charles Fisher, preached with fervent enthusiasm as they built their factory and encouraged inspections, which reversed doubters to greedy high-stakes investors. Hundreds of laborers accelerated factory expansion until July 1897, when Jernegan and Fisher fled. Although residents of Lubec attempted civil and criminal action, both men relocated, and fantasies of gold wealth flowed away. Relive the excitement, disappointment and anger of turn-of-the-century Mainers in this collection of accounts about the Lubec gold hoax.

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MPN: 9781626190085

Book Title: Great Gold Swindle of Lubec, Maine

Item Length: 9in

Item Height: 0.3in

Item Width: 6in

Author: Ron Pesha

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Topic: Hoaxes & Deceptions, Earth Sciences / Oceanography, United States / State & Local / New England (Ct, mA, ME, NH, Ri, VT), United States / General

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Publication Year: 2013

Genre: True Crime, Science, History

Item Weight: 12.2 Oz

Number of Pages: 208 Pages