Ignorance, Confidence, and Filthy Rich Friends: The Business Adventures of Mark Twain, Chronic Speculator and Entrepreneur

Quirky Habits and Brazen Philosophy: How to Outwit Your Superiors.

Chapter two. How to Quit a Good Job and Then Lose a Million Dollars.

Quirky Habits and Brazen Philosophy: Even a Crank Knows to Dress for Success.

Chapter three. Sometimes Necessity Is the Mother of a Career.

Quirky Habits and Brazen Philosophy: Overcoming Stage Fright and Winning the Audience as a Public Speaker.

Chapter four. Welcome to Corporate America: Hard-Nosed Negotiating and Profit-Driven Management.

Quirky Habits and Brazen Philosophy: The Authors Stormy Work Habits.

Chapter five. Sucked into the Gilded Age: Money Lust and the Making of an Inventor.

Quirky Habits and Brazen Philosophy: Managing a Glut of Loathsome Correspondence.

Chapter six. Seeing and Seizing Opportunities:Venture Capitalist and Wall Street Speculator.

Quirky Habits and Brazen Philosophy: The Half-Soled Stockbroker.

Chapter seven. Bold Vision and Imagination: How Twain Made General U. S. Grant and Himself Rich.

Quirky Habits and Brazen Philosophy: Smoking Inspires Brainstorming and Problem Solving.

Chapter eight. A Shakespearean Business Tale: How Blind Love in Business Turns to Tragedy.

Quirky Habits and Brazen Philosophy: Image Is Everything, But Interviews Are Twaddle.

Chapter nine. Enduring Financial Crisis and Adversity:A Rockefeller Crony Comes to the Rescue.

Quirky Habits and Brazen Philosophy: Are Ethics for Fools?

Chapter ten. Salvaging a Career and Dignity.

Quirky Habits and Brazen Philosophy: Avoid My Example.

Chapter eleven. Back in the Saddle: Playing the Insiders Game.

Quirky Habits and Brazen Philosophy: How to Live a Long, Successful Life.

Selected Mark Twain Maxims.

Notes.

Index.