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Author:

Perino, Michael A.

Title:

The hellhound of Wall Street : how Ferdinand Pecora's investigation of the Great Crash forever changed American finance / Michael Perino.

Publisher:

Penguin Press,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

viii, 341 p. [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Pecora, Ferdinand,--1882-
Stock Market Crash, 1929.
Stock exchanges--United States--History--20th century.
Financial crises--United States--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-332) and index.

Contents:

PART II : Day ten : the end of an era. 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 -- PART II : TEN DAYS: 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.

Summary:

An 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.

ISBN:

1594202729
9781594202728

LCCN:

2010019157

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)