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ATDrake · 10-29-2014, 07:03 PM

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Thanks for that one. It'll be interesting to see what they have to say about our First Nations.

Bargain @ $2.99 for today only (Oct 29th), according to the Open Road Media newsletter, in multiple stores (couponable @ Kobo, price good for Canada & the US, possibly elsewhere as well):

Once in Golconda: A True Drama of Wall Street 1920–1938 by the late John Brooks (Wikipedia), who was a long-time staff writer for The New Yorker magazine who specialized in financial topics, according to his wiki entry. This originally came out from Harper & Row in 1969 and stayed in hardcover print right up until 1997.

From the New York Times–bestselling author of Business Adventures comes the chronicle of the stock market crash of 1929 and its aftermath

Legend had it that anyone who passed through Golconda, a city in southern India, attained tremendous wealth. But Golconda, now in ruins, ran out of riches, and its glory vanished forever. Some have painted a similar picture of Wall Street between the two world wars. But there is more to the story of the bull market of the 1920s and the ensuing economic devastation that befell the United States.

In fascinating detail, distinguished journalist John Brooks recounts the euphoric financial climb of the twenties as well as the vertiginous crash of 1929. From the heady days of economic prosperity to the sobering time after the collapse, Brooks’s rendering of this tale of vast fortune and then tragic misfortune is both dramatic and percipient. Profiling some of the era’s most famous—and infamous—bankers, traders, and hucksters, Brooks gives a stunning and colorful account of this period of boom and bust.

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ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 11,517 Karma: 33048258 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia	^ Thanks for that one. It'll be interesting to see what they have to say about our First Nations. Bargain @ $2.99 for today only (Oct 29th), according to the Open Road Media newsletter, in multiple stores (couponable @ Kobo, price good for Canada & the US, possibly elsewhere as well): Once in Golconda: A True Drama of Wall Street 1920–1938 by the late John Brooks (Wikipedia), who was a long-time staff writer for The New Yorker magazine who specialized in financial topics, according to his wiki entry. This originally came out from Harper & Row in 1969 and stayed in hardcover print right up until 1997. From the New York Times–bestselling author of Business Adventures comes the chronicle of the stock market crash of 1929 and its aftermath Legend had it that anyone who passed through Golconda, a city in southern India, attained tremendous wealth. But Golconda, now in ruins, ran out of riches, and its glory vanished forever. Some have painted a similar picture of Wall Street between the two world wars. But there is more to the story of the bull market of the 1920s and the ensuing economic devastation that befell the United States. In fascinating detail, distinguished journalist John Brooks recounts the euphoric financial climb of the twenties as well as the vertiginous crash of 1929. From the heady days of economic prosperity to the sobering time after the collapse, Brooks’s rendering of this tale of vast fortune and then tragic misfortune is both dramatic and percipient. Profiling some of the era’s most famous—and infamous—bankers, traders, and hucksters, Brooks gives a stunning and colorful account of this period of boom and bust. Last edited by ATDrake; 10-29-2014 at 07:10 PM.