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WALL STREET STORIES
LEFEVRE E. SCHWAGER J. /INTRODUCTION/ wydawnictwo: MCGRAW-HILL , rok wydania 2008, wydanie I cena netto: 110.00 Twoja cena 104,50 zł + 5% vat - dodaj do koszyka
Lefevre provided me with a goal when I wrote my first Market Wizards
book to write a book that would emulate the spirit of Lefevre's work in maintaining truth
and relevance many years after it was written.
-from the Foreword by Jack Schwager
The book that launched Edwin Lefevre's literary career, Wall Street Stories
is considered by many to be his most memorable work, second only to Reminiscences of a
Stock Operator, his classic fictionalization of the life of Jesse Livermore. Published to
great critical acclaim in 1901, Wall Street Stories is a literary romp through the habits
and customs of Wall Street. Like all of Lefevre's fiction it is firmly rooted in the facts
as he knew them both as a top financial journalist and a successful investor, and, as was
his style, many of the fictional characters in the stories are thinly-veiled portraits of
well-known Wall Street personalities such as James R. Keene, Elverton R. Chapman, Roswell
Pettibone Flower, and Daniel Drew-names as familiar to the public in their day as Warren
Buffet, George Soros, and Julian Robertson are today.
But the charm of the eight tales in Wall Street Stories isn't just in their
ability to convey a sense of life in a bygone era. It comes from the timeless insights
they offer into human nature warped in the crucible of the stock market. Each of these
witty tales of still resonate with poignancy and simple authority.
Edwin Lefevre (1871-1943) was an American journalist, author, and statesman
most noted for his writing on Wall Street. Appointed an Ambassador of the United States by
President Howard Taft in 1909, he served in posts in a number of countries, including
Italy, France, and Spain. At the end of his diplomatic career in 1913, Lefevre returned to
his home in Vermont where he resumed his literary work, writing novels and contributing
short stories for magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post and McClure's.
Table of Contents
Introduction by Jack Schwager
The Woman and Her Bonds
The Break in Turpentine
The Tipster
A Philanthropic Whisper
The Man Who Won
The Lost Opportunity
Pike’s Peak or Bust
A Theological Tipster
224 pages, Hardcover
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