The hellhound of Wall Street : how Ferdinand Pecora's investigation of the great crash forever changed American finance / Michael Perino.
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TextPublication details: New York : Penguin Press, 2010.Description: viii, 341 p., [16] p. of plates : |b ill. ; |c 25 cmISBN: - 9781594202728
- Pecora, Ferdinand, 1882-
- Stock Market Crash, 1929
- Stock exchanges -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Financial crises -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Crisis financiera -- Estados Unidos -- 1929
- Mercado financiero -- Estados Unidos -- 1929
- Bolsa de valores -- Estados Unidos -- 1929
- 330.973/0916
- HB 3717 P445h 2010
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Biblioteca Juan Bosch | Biblioteca Juan Bosch | Ciencias Sociales | Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) | HB 3717 P445h 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | 1 | Available | 00000100438 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-332) and index.
The well-driller and Wall Street -- The best cross-examiner in New York -- Sitting on the lid -- A short term job -- Sunshine Charlie -- 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 eight: shorn lamb -- Day nine: a free and open market -- Day ten: the end of an era.
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.
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