Customer Review: this book is very nationalistic and pro-america in the phrasing. which made me want to stop reading instantly and i couldn't take some things seriously. there were some claims about america that were made in the book that were just included and unexplained while things that is common knowledge to... more info
Customer Review: I read this book before I went to my MBA program. This was a fun introduction to history of Wall Street. It helped me put the financial world into perspective--and it helped me appreciate the power and influence Wall Street has had on our country.
Customer Review: John Steele Gordon has taken what could be an amazingly dull topic, limited in appeal, and translated it into a spectacular read for anyone with at least a basic education. This great little book is a welcome addition for folks interested in finance, the U.S. economy, and the national deficit.... more info
Customer Review: The best book ever written on this episode of Wall Street history. Well researched, very interesting and highly entertaining. Makes today's market manipulators look like amatures...........
Customer Review: This book details the heros and oddballs of American economic history and their various innovations and inventions that have shaped the development of America's economy over the history of our nation. From the man who invented the "Graham Cracker" to the founder of the Bank of Italy(Bank of America)... more info
Customer Review: A Thread Across the Ocean: The Heroic Story of the Transatlantic Cable The Nineteenth Century saw massive growth in America's industrial infrastructure.
Railroads criss-crossed the nation, factories grew up in New England and the mid Atlantic manufacturing shoes, clocks, guns, furniture,... more info
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