""Jay Cooke: Financier of the Civil War V2"" is a biography written by Ellis Paxson Oberholtzer about the life and career of Jay Cooke, a prominent American banker and financier during the Civil War. The book is the second volume of a two-part series that covers Cooke's life from his birth in 1821 to his death in 1905. The book begins with Cooke's involvement in financing the Union Army during the Civil War, including his role in selling government...