title: Zachariah Pearson: Man of Hull: A Tale of Philanthropy, Boom and Bust
author: Marian Shaw
description: Family rumour and casual curiosity prompted history sleuth Marian Shaw to start exploring the life of Zachariah Pearson, but once she began to uncover the breadth and complexity of her great-great-grandfather, her interest became an obsession.
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  Arcadian Adventures With the Idle Rich
  
  
    
    
  [CHAPTER ONE: A Little Dinner with Mr. Lucullus
  
  
  Fyshe  
    
  [CHAPTER TWO: The Wizard of Finance  
    
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  THREE: The Arrested Philanthropy of Mr.
  
  
  Tomlinson  
    
  [CHAPTER FOUR: The Yahi-Bahi Oriental Society of
  
  
  Mrs. Rasselyer-Brown  
    
  [CHAPTER FIVE: The Love Story of Mr. Peter
  
  
  Spillikins  
    
  [CHAPTER SIX: The Rival Churches of St. Asaph and
  
  
  St. Osoph  
    
  [CHAPTER SEVEN: The Ministrations of the Rev.
  
  
  Uttermust Dumfarthing  
    
  [CHAPTER EIGHT: The Great Fight for Clean Government
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Arcadian Adventures With the Idle Rich
  
  
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  * CHAPTER ONE: A Little Dinner with Mr. Lucullus 
  
  
  Fyshe
  
  
  * CHAPTER TWO: The Wizard of Finance
  
  
  * CHAPTER THREE: The Arrested Philanthropy of Mr. 
  
  
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