The Plungers and the Peacocks is an entertaining portrait of the personalities and corporate battles of Wall Street, the most famous financial district in the world. Using interviews with "old-timers" who lived through the events of the Street from the 1920s to the 40s and memoirs, and letters, the author has produced a sweeping narrative of "the games people played" in establishing America's financial center. Dana L. Thomas recounts a roller-coaster ride of excitement and intrigue, from the slave auctions of Captain Kidd to the battle by Robert Young to gain control of the New York Central Railroad.
- ISBN10 1587991098
- ISBN13 9781587991097
- Publish Date 24 September 2001
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 4 August 2016
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Cengage Learning, Inc
- Imprint Texere Publishing
- Format Paperback
- Pages 288
- Language English