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  • Fifty Years in Wall Street

    by Henry Clews ...
    To a very large majority of Americans now living the great Civil War—waged from 1861 to 1865—between the North and the South is only known as a matter of history. But it was the greatest war the world ever witnessed, involving the loss of nearly a million of men, and I have a vivid recollection of it, for I was an actor in it, from its beginning to its end, to the extent of providing some of the ... Read more

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  • Fifty years in Wall Street

    Enriched edition. Insights into Financial History and Investment Strategies on Wall Street

    In "Fifty Years in Wall Street," Henry Clews provides a riveting exploration of the American financial landscape, drawn from his extensive career on Wall Street. With a blend of personal anecdotes and astute analysis, Clews delves into the evolution of financial practices and the complexities of economic phenomena over five decades. His literary style is both accessible and instructive, allowing ... Read more

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  • Fifty Years in Wall Street (Summarized Edition)

    Enriched edition. Wall Street history and high finance: a 19th-century investment banking memoir and analysis of American stock market evolution

    Fifty Years in Wall Street is Henry Clews's capacious memoir-history of American finance from the 1850s to the twentieth century. Mixing eyewitness narrative with asides, Clews recounts the 1857, 1873, and 1907 panics; the 1869 gold corner and Erie wars; and encounters with Gould, Fisk, Vanderbilt, and Drew. Urbane yet moralizing, the prose alternates anecdote with maxims, producing a hybrid of ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    Fifty Years in Wall Street

    Narrated by Ax Norman ...
    Series series Wiley Investment Classics

    Unabridged

    12 hours 42 min

    Fifty Years in Wall Street was published in 1908. In its original form, the book stretched to over 1000 pages, covering a wide assortment of events, people, and issues from 1857, when Clews began his Wall Street career to the early part of the 20th century. This abridged version captures the heart of the book, bringing this rough and tumble era on Wall Street to life through the words of an actual ... Read more

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