High steppers, fallen angels, and lollipops: Wall Street slang

By Kathleen Odean

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0396092209
• ISBN13: 9780396092209
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Dodd, Mead
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.

Customer Reviews

This was fun to write

I wrote this first as my master's thesis in folklore, with the belief that modern Americans have lore they share like slang, jokes, practical jokes, etc. I found it to be true when I interviewed traders and brokers, and read about them. I turned it into a popular press book after I finished the thesis. It was reviewed favorably in the New York Times Sunday book review and I was interviewed on "All Things Considered." Overall an enjoyable research, writing,, and publishing experience.