Download or read book Jay Cooke's Gamble written by M. John Lubetkin and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells how the building of the Northern Pacific Railroad reignited war with the Sioux, created Yellowstone Park, spurred Northern European immigration, pushed frontier settlement further westward, and triggered the Panic of 1873.