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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1594202729
ISBN-13
9781594202728
eBay Product ID (ePID)
84547368
Product Key Features
Book Title
Hellhound of Wall Street : How Ferdinand Pecora's Investigation of the Great Crash Forever Changed American Finance
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2010
Topic
United States / 20th Century, Economic History, Investments & Securities / Stocks, Corporate & Business History
Genre
Business & Economics, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
21.8 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2010-019157
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"Absolutely riveting! Michael Perino's account of the 1933 Pecora hearings-the sensational revelations of shady business practices at the highest levels on Wall Street-is a page-turner. No one can read about the many excesses of Wall Street in the 1920s without being struck with the similarities to today and wondering why we have allowed history to repeat itself." -Liaquat Ahamed, author of Lords of Finance "A brilliant and compelling account of how Ferdinand Pecora figured out - and exposed in nauseating detail - the malpractice of Wall Street. As we struggle to confront our modern financial demons, we should all pause to read and reflect on Michael Perino's account." -Simon Johnson, co-author of 13 Bankers "Excellent." -Forbes.com "A thorough, well-written history that shows how the past can be prologue." - Kirkus Reviews "Hats off to Michael Perino. The Hellhound of Wall Street is an excellent account of the Pecora hearings that should be read by everyone interested in financial reform. At the same time, it is a penetrating Wall Street morality tale that should evoke a strong sense of dTja vu in its readers." -Charles Geisst, author of Collateral Damaged and Wall Street: A History "It has taken another economic melt-down to restore public recognition of Ferdinand Pecora as the most effective investigator of financial wrongdoing in American history. Michael Perino deftly recreates the dark days of 1933, when that shrewd New York prosecutor turned Senate committee counsel forced Wall Street's biggest bankers and brokers to admit how they contributed to the nation's slide into the Great Depression." -Donald A. Ritchie, author of The U.S. Congress: A Very Short Introduction " The Hellhound of Wall Street is a masterful evocation of the politics, finance and personalities when Congress last addressed systematic reform of our financial system." -Joel Seligman, author of The Transformation of Wall Street " The Hellhound of Wall Street is an incisive and timely book about a man and period in our country's history when a presumptuous, reckless Wall Street elite, very much like the one that's caused such ruin today, met its match. We badly need a second Ferdinand Pecora now. Michael Perino provides brilliant analysis, telling anecdotal material, and wears his deep erudition easily. He has given us a vital cautionary tale from the past that is a pure pleasure to read." -Steve Fraser, author of Every Man a Speculator: A History of Wall Street in American Life, "Absolutely riveting! Michael Perino's account of the 1933 Pecora hearings-the sensational revelations of shady business practices at the highest levels on Wall Street-is a page-turner. No one can read about the many excesses of Wall Street in the 1920s without being struck with the similarities to today and wondering why we have allowed history to repeat itself." -Liaquat Ahamed, author of Lords of Finance "A brilliant and compelling account of how Ferdinand Pecora figured out - and exposed in nauseating detail - the malpractice of Wall Street. As we struggle to confront our modern financial demons, we should all pause to read and reflect on Michael Perino's account." -Simon Johnson, co-author of 13 Bankers "Excellent." -Forbes.com "A thorough, well-written history that shows how the past can be prologue." - Kirkus Reviews "Hats off to Michael Perino. The Hellhound of Wall Street is an excellent account of the Pecora hearings that should be read by everyone interested in financial reform. At the same time, it is a penetrating Wall Street morality tale that should evoke a strong sense of d j vu in its readers." -Charles Geisst, author of Collateral Damaged and Wall Street: A History "It has taken another economic melt-down to restore public recognition of Ferdinand Pecora as the most effective investigator of financial wrongdoing in American history. Michael Perino deftly recreates the dark days of 1933, when that shrewd New York prosecutor turned Senate committee counsel forced Wall Street's biggest bankers and brokers to admit how they contributed to the nation's slide into the Great Depression." -Donald A. Ritchie, author of The U.S. Congress: A Very Short Introduction " The Hellhound of Wall Street is a masterful evocation of the politics, finance and personalities when Congress last addressed systematic reform of our financial system." -Joel Seligman, author of The Transformation of Wall Street " The Hellhound of Wall Street is an incisive and timely book about a man and period in our country's history when a presumptuous, reckless Wall Street elite, very much like the one that's caused such ruin today, met its match. We badly need a second Ferdinand Pecora now. Michael Perino provides brilliant analysis, telling anecdotal material, and wears his deep erudition easily. He has given us a vital cautionary tale from the past that is a pure pleasure to read." -Steve Fraser, author of Every Man a Speculator: A History of Wall Street in American Life, "Absolutely riveting! Michael Perino''s account of the 1933 Pecora hearings-the sensational revelations of shady business practices at the highest levels on Wall Street-is a page-turner. No one can read about the many excesses of Wall Street in the 1920s without being struck with the similarities to today and wondering why we have allowed history to repeat itself." -Liaquat Ahamed, author of Lords of Finance "A brilliant and compelling account of how Ferdinand Pecora figured out - and exposed in nauseating detail - the malpractice of Wall Street. As we struggle to confront our modern financial demons, we should all pause to read and reflect on Michael Perino''s account." -Simon Johnson, co-author of 13 Bankers "Excellent." -Forbes.com "A thorough, well-written history that shows how the past can be prologue." - Kirkus Reviews "Hats off to Michael Perino. The Hellhound of Wall Street is an excellent account of the Pecora hearings that should be read by everyone interested in financial reform. At the same time, it is a penetrating Wall Street morality tale that should evoke a strong sense of dTja vu in its readers." -Charles Geisst, author of Collateral Damaged and Wall Street: A History "It has taken another economic melt-down to restore public recognition of Ferdinand Pecora as the most effective investigator of financial wrongdoing in American history. Michael Perino deftly recreates the dark days of 1933, when that shrewd New York prosecutor turned Senate committee counsel forced Wall Street''s biggest bankers and brokers to admit how they contributed to the nation''s slide into the Great Depression." -Donald A. Ritchie, author of The U.S. Congress: A Very Short Introduction " The Hellhound of Wall Street is a masterful evocation of the politics, finance and personalities when Congress last addressed systematic reform of our financial system." -Joel Seligman, author of The Transformation of Wall Street " The Hellhound of Wall Street is an incisive and timely book about a man and period in our country''s history when a presumptuous, reckless Wall Street elite, very much like the one that''s caused such ruin today, met its match. We badly need a second Ferdinand Pecora now. Michael Perino provides brilliant analysis, telling anecdotal material, and wears his deep erudition easily. He has given us a vital cautionary tale from the past that is a pure pleasure to read." -Steve Fraser, author of Every Man a Speculator: A History of Wall Street in American Life, "Absolutely riveting! Michael Perino's account of the 1933 Pecora hearings-the sensational revelations of shady business practices at the highest levels on Wall Street-is a page-turner. No one can read about the many excesses of Wall Street in the 1920s without being struck with the similarities to today and wondering why we have allowed history to repeat itself." -Liaquat Ahamed, author of Lords of Finance "A brilliant and compelling account of how Ferdinand Pecora figured out - and exposed in nauseating detail - the malpractice of Wall Street. As we struggle to confront our modern financial demons, we should all pause to read and reflect on Michael Perino's account." -Simon Johnson, co-author of 13 Bankers "Excellent." -Forbes.com "A thorough, well-written history that shows how the past can be prologue." -Kirkus Reviews "Hats off to Michael Perino. The Hellhound of Wall Streetis an excellent account of the Pecora hearings that should be read by everyone interested in financial reform. At the same time, it is a penetrating Wall Street morality tale that should evoke a strong sense of déjà vu in its readers." -Charles Geisst, author of Collateral Damagedand Wall Street: A History "It has taken another economic melt-down to restore public recognition of Ferdinand Pecora as the most effective investigator of financial wrongdoing in American history. Michael Perino deftly recreates the dark days of 1933, when that shrewd New York prosecutor turned Senate committee counsel forced Wall Street's biggest bankers and brokers to admit how they contributed to the nation's slide into the Great Depression." -Donald A. Ritchie, author of The U.S. Congress: A Very Short Introduction "The Hellhound of Wall Streetis a masterful evocation of the politics, finance and personalities when Congress last addressed systematic reform of our financial system." -Joel Seligman, author of The Transformation of Wall Street "The Hellhound of Wall Streetis an incisive and timely book about a man and period in our country's history when a presumptuous, reckless Wall Street elite, very much like the one that's caused such ruin today, met its match. We badly need a second Ferdinand Pecora now. Michael Perino provides brilliant analysis, telling anecdotal material, and wears his deep erudition easily. He has given us a vital cautionary tale from the past that is a pure pleasure to read." -Steve Fraser, author of Every Man a Speculator: A History of Wall Street in American Life
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal
330.973/0916
Synopsis
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. In The Hellhound of Wall Street , Michael Perino recounts in riveting detail the 1933 hearings that put Wall Street on trial for the Great Crash. Never before in American history had so many financial titans been called to account before the public, and they had come within a few weeks of emerging unscathed. By the time Ferdinand Pecora, a Sicilian immigrant and former New York prosecutor, took over as chief counsel, the investigation had dragged on ineffectively for nearly a year and was universally written off as dead. The Hellhound of Wall Street provides a minute-by-minute account of the ten dramatic days when Pecora turned the hearings around, cross- examining the officers of National City Bank (today's Citigroup), particularly its chairman, Charles Mitchell, one of the best known bankers of his day. Mitchell strode into the hearing room in obvious disdain for the proceedings, but he left utterly disgraced. Pecora's rigorous questioning revealed that City Bank was guilty of shocking financial abuses, from selling worthless bonds to manipulating its stock price. Most offensive of all was the excessive compensation and bonuses awarded to its executives for peddling shoddy securities to the American public. Pecora became an unlikely hero to a beleaguered nation. The man whom the press called "the hellhound of Wall Street" was the son of a struggling factory worker. Precocious and determined, he became one of New York's few Italian American lawyers at a time when Italians were frequently stereotyped as anarchic criminals. The image of an immigrant lawyer challenging a blue-blooded Wall Street tycoon was just one more sign that a fundamental shift was taking place in America. By creating the sensational headlines needed to galvanize public opinion for reform, the Pecora hearings spurred Congress to take unprecedented steps to rein in the freewheeling banking industry and led directly to the New Deal's landmark economic reforms. A gripping courtroom drama with remarkable contemporary relevance, The Hellhound of Wall Street brings to life a crucial turning point in American financial history.
LC Classification Number
HB3717 1929.P47 2010
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