01701cam a2200277 4500 681523810 TxAuBib 100507s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2010019157 9781594202728 1594202729 (OCoLC)10505 TxAuBib Perino, Michael A. The hellhound of Wall Street : how Ferdinand Pecora's investigation of the Great Crash forever changed American finance / Michael Perino. New York : Penguin Press, 2010. viii, 341 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. HARDCOVER 341 PAGES. Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-332) and index. The well-driller and Wall Street -- The best cross-examiner in New York -- Sitting on the lid -- A short term job -- Sunshine Charley -- A mine of information -- Junior -- Day one: unimpeachable integrity -- Day two: morale -- Day three: manipulation -- Day four: legal legerdemain -- Days five and six: intermission -- Day seven: south of the border -- Day eight8: shorn lamb -- Day nine: a free and open market -- Day ten: the end of an era. A gripping account of the underdog Senate lawyer who unmasked the financial wrongdoing that led to the Crash of 1929 and forever changed the relationship between Washington and Wall Street. Pecora, Ferdinand 1882-1971. Financial crises - AD LIT United States History 20th century. Stock Market Crash, 1929 - AD LIT. Stock exchanges - AD LIT United States History 20th century.