a southern economy, and his own role in it, in modern, national terms; he was not bound by the traditional localism that retarded capitalist development in the region in the years before and after the Civil War. His business philosophy was as bold and expansive as his personality, and yet for all his efforts, his dream of financial success eluded him. Beneath his overweening bravado, however, was an unflappable self-confidence, an inexhaustible reservoir of enthusiasm for every endeavor. Whatever else may be said of him, Green was flamboyant in failure.