Title:
The hellhound of Wall Street : how Ferdinand Pecora's investigation of the Great Crash forever changed American finance
Author:
Perino, Michael A.
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Publication Information:
New York : Penguin Press, [2010]
©2010
Physical Description:
viii, 341 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Summary:
A gripping account of the underdog Senate lawyer who unmasked the financial wrongdoing that led to the Crash of 1929 and forever changed the relationship between Washington and Wall Street.
Language:
English
Contents:
The well-driller and Wall Street -- The best cross-examiner in New York -- Sitting on the lid -- A short term job -- Sunshine Charley -- A mine of information -- Junior -- Day one: unimpeachable integrity -- Day two: morale -- Day three: manipulation -- Day four: legal legerdemain -- Days five and six: intermission -- Day seven: south of the border -- Day eight8: shorn lamb -- Day nine: a free and open market -- Day ten: the end of an era.
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ISBN:
9781594202728
Format :
Book
