The hellhound of Wall Street : how Ferdinand Pecora's investigation of the great crash forever changed American finance /
Michael Perino.
- New York : Penguin Press, 2010.
- viii, 341 p., [16] p. of plates : |b ill. ; |c 25 cm..
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.