The Day the Bubble Burst: A Social History of the Wall Street Crash of 1929

by Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan-Witts

Book Overview

Day The Bubble Burst, The: A Social History Of The Wall Street Cr, by Thomas, Gordon And Max Morgan-Witts This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385143702
• ISBN13: 9780385143707
• Release Date: January 1979
• Publisher: Doubleday Books
• Length: 484 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The best on the subject

Even though out of print, this is simply the best book on the subject. It is wonderfully written. A movie script could not be more gripping. The authors have done a terrific job in juxtaposing the stories of the ultra rich speculators ( the portrayal of the powerful Morgan bank and its partners alone is worth the price of the book) against those of the ordinary people caught up in the frenzy. The book sweeps you along from Wall Street to Main Street to foreign lands. You won't put it down. The research is top notch with a rich bibliography. Buy it !!

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In the waning months of the year 1929, the New York Stock Exchange was going strong. Millions of small and large investors poured their life savings into the pool of speculative issues, hoping for a big return on their gamble. On Black Tuesday, October 29th, the dream came to a crashing halt. This is the heart wrenching tale of that fateful day: the giddy years that preceded it, and the miserable decade that followed in it's wake. Sterling drama, with many poignant stories of the principal movers and shakers of Wall Street...before the Bubble burst.