2011 Reprint of 1932 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Originally published in 1932, Sakolski's book is the first general history of land speculation in the American colonies and the United States. It begins with the Pre-Revolutionary War Ohio Companies, and thereafter its chapters cover most of the land booms and bubbles up to the twentieth century. Two hundred years of get-rich quick schemes give the reader a concentrated exposure to the gamble and promoting aspect of the American character.

2012 Reprint of Original 1957 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. (c)New introduction and foreword by Martino Publishing. The early colonists brought to these shores not only a cargo of great hopes and meager possessions, but also the feudalistic principles of England from whence they had embarked. Slowly, these traditions were reshaped upon the anvil of a changing environment, both physical and economic, as the original settlements spread inland along the waterways. This book traces the evolution of our land tenure system from...