In "The Great Game," acclaimed business historian John Steele Gordon chronicles the rise of Wall Street from its humble beginnings as an American trading post to its domination of the world economy, bringing to life the remarkable cast of bankers and brokers, visionaries and crooks who made it happen. From Alexander Hamilton to Michael Milken, the history of Wall Street is a history of risk, courage, avarice, patriotism, power, genius, and, occasionally, remarkable stupidity. In Gordon, Wall Street has finally found a biographer worthy of its extraordinary story.
- ISBN10 0743200438
- ISBN13 9780743200431
- Publish Date 9 November 2000
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 31 May 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Simon & Schuster
- Edition Touchstone ed.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 319
- Language English