Anthony also was a partner and mentor to J.P. Morgan, installing the young man in a New York branch of Drexel, Morgan & Co. that helped establish Wall Street as the enduring center of American finance.

Part 1. Survival. The artist as fugitive -- The making of a currency broker -- Part 2. Success. "As good a bargain as possible" -- "A wild and reckless people" -- Part 3. Struggle. "The Yankees did not whip us in the field" -- The rise of George Childs -- The delusions of Jay Cooke -- Part 4. Power. "A first-class businessman" -- Panic and progress -- The perils of partnership -- Railroad boom -- Part 5. Salvation. Reluctant Titan -- Two social revolutionaries -- The burden of conscience -- Epilogue: The death and rebirth of the house of Drexel.