My Adventures with Your Money

"My Adventures with Your Money" by George Graham Rice is a recollection of the author's journey through the exciting world of finance and speculation, specifically during Nevada's Goldfield mining rush in the early 1900s. Rice takes us through his start in the business, opening with him in dire straits in March of 1901, almost broke after working as reporter. After a conversation with a friend, he gets the idea for a gambling information service called "Maxim & Gay". Using a mix of clever advertising and appeals to peoples' love of gambling, his initial endeavor sees him earning a lot of cash. The book takes a closer look at the author's experiences with the common gambler's psychology and the manipulative tricks of the trade, as seen when the author starts earning money through an advertisement of a horse he claimed would win, and their impact on ordinary investors when they are mislead.