Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison. English-only reading by default; switch among English, Chinese, and Spanish, or compare languages side by side.
This chapter develops the memoir’s account of Chapter XXX. “HAPPINESS AND I SHAKE HANDS FOR A TIME.“, connecting personal narrative with the financial, legal, and prison-world setting of the period. The chapter’s opening perspective is: What a productive and fertile island it is, with its charming climate and lovely scenery! But, as in so many of the green spots of this world, man has blasted and spoiled all that indulgent nature has lavished here.
This chapter is for readers following Bidwell’s memoir chapter by chapter, especially the section titled “Chapter XXX. "HAPPINESS AND I SHAKE HANDS FOR A TIME.".” It is most useful for readers interested in financial crime history, nineteenth-century banking culture, criminal justice, prison memoir, and the social setting of the period.
Read “Chapter XXX. "HAPPINESS AND I SHAKE HANDS FOR A TIME."” as a historical memoir rather than guidance. The banking procedures, legal assumptions, public reputation, social judgments, travel conditions, and prison practices described belong to Bidwell’s nineteenth-century setting and may not match modern institutions.