Karen Blumenthal

Six Days in October (eBook, ePUB)

The Stock Market Crash of 1929; A Wall Street Jour

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Over six terrifying, desperate days in October 1929, the fabulous fortune that Americans had built in stocks plunged with a fervor never seen before. At first, the drop seemed like a mistake, a mere glitch in the system. But as the decline gathered steam, so did the destruction. Over twenty-five billion dollars in individual wealth was lost, vanished, gone. People watched their dreams fade before their very eyes. Investing in the stock market would never be the same.

Here, Wall Street Journal bureau chief Karen Blumenthal chronicles the six-day period that brought the country to its knees, from fascinating tales of key stock-market players, like Michael J. Meehan, an immigrant who started his career hustling cigars outside theaters and helped convince thousands to gamble their hard-earned money as never before, to riveting accounts of the power struggles between Wall Street and Washington, to poignant stories from those who lost their savingsand moreto the allure of stocks and the power of greed.

For young readers living in an era of stock-market fascination, this engrossing account explains stock-market fundamentals while bringing to life the darkest days of the mammoth crash of 1929.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Altersempfehlung: ab 12 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781442488915
• Artikelnr.: 37891117

Autorenporträt

Karen Blumenthal (1959-2020) was a financial journalist and editor whose career included five years with The Dallas Morning News and twenty-five with The Wall Street Journal before becoming an award-winning children's nonfiction book writer. Three of her books were finalists for the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award, and she was the author of Sibert Honor Book Six Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929.

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS
Introduction
OCTOBER 24:
Black Thursday
OCTOBER 24:
Sell!
OCTOBER 24:
White Knights to the Rescue
OCTOBER 25:
President Hoover Responds
OCTOBER 26:
Sold Out
OCTOBER 27:
The King of the Bulls
OCTOBER 28:
A Bloody Monday
OCTOBER 29:
Black Tuesday
OCTOBER 30:
Aftermath
Epilogue
Sources, Picture Credits, and Acknowledgments
Index