OnceinGolconda"Inthisbook,JohnBrooks-whowasoneofthemostelegantofallbusinesswriters-perfectlycatchestheflavorofoneofhistory'sbest-knownfinancialdramas:the1929crashanditsaftershocks.It'spackedwithparallelsandparablesforthemodernreader."-FromtheForewordbyRichardLambertEditor-in-Chief,TheFinancialTimesOnceinGolcondaisadramaticchronicleofthebreathtakingrise,devastatingfall,andpainstakingrebirthofWallStreetintheyearsbetweenthewars.Focusingonthelivesandfortunesofsomeoftheera'smostmemorabletraders,bankers,boosters,andfrauds,JohnBrooksbringstovividlifealltheruthlessness,greed,andrecklesseuphoriaofthe'20sbullmarket,thedesperationofthedaysleadinguptothecrashof'29,andthebitternessoftheyearsthatfollowed.PraiseforOnceinGolconda"Afast-moving,sophisticatedaccount.embracingthestock-marketboomofthetwenties,thecrashof1929,theDepression,andthecomingoftheNewDeal.ItsleitmotifisthetrulytragicpersonalhistoryofRichardWhitney,thearistocratMorganbrokerandheadoftheStockExchange,whoendedupinSingSing."-EdmundWilson,writingintheNewYorker"AsMr.Brookstellsthistaleofdishonor,desperation,andthefallofthemighty,ittakesonovertonesofGreektragedy,akingbroughtdownbypride.Whitney'ssordidhistoryhasbeentoldbefore..ButinMr.Brooks'shands,thedramabecomesfreshlyshocking."-WallStreetJournal"It'sallthereinOnceinGolconda-theavariceofanerathatfavoredtherich;andthelateranguishofmyriadsofspeculatorsdoomedbyabloatedmarket,easycredit,andtheirowncupidityandstupidity."-SaturdayReview
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