Street of Dreams - Boulevard of Broken Hearts: Wall Street's First Century

This is the story of America's most famous street, Wall Street. No other place is so inextricably linked with the nation's history, the development of capitalism and the dramatic highs and lows of the financial markets. No other place has provoked such mythology, or has been the subject of so many dreams and illusions. Howard Wachtel's book provides a fascinating account of the origins of this famous street. Exploring its development through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and into t…