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Fifty years in Wall Street
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Fifty years in Wall Street

Henry Clews · narrated by Juniper

2026

39h 42m
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Henry Clews looks back on fifty years in Wall Street, from the Civil War through the great panics and booms of American finance. The veteran banker names the giants and the crashes he witnessed. An insider's history of the making of American money.

Inside this audiobook

96 chapters

  1. 1CONTENTS.8m
  2. 2DEDICATION TO THE VETERANS OF WALL STREET,9m
  3. 3INTRODUCTORY. MY PART IN MARKETING THE UNITED STATES CIVIL WAR LOANS.48m
  4. 4CHAPTER I. MY DEBUT IN WALL STREET.16m
  5. 5CHAPTER II. WALL STREET AS A CIVILIZER.13m
  6. 6CHAPTER III. HOW TO MAKE MONEY IN WALL STREET.13m
  7. 7CHAPTER IV. IMPORTANCE OF BUSINESS TRAINING.17m
  8. 8CHAPTER V. PERSONAL HONOR OF WALL STREET MEN.11m
  9. 9CHAPTER VI. WALL STREET DURING THE WAR.10m
  10. 10CHAPTER VII. MORE WAR REMINISCENCES—BRITISH AND NAPOLEONIC DESIGNS.30m
  11. 11CHAPTER VIII FOREIGN INTRIGUES AGAINST AMERICAN LIBERTY.28m
  12. 12CHAPTER IX. SECRETARY CHASE AND THE TREASURY.16m
  13. 13CHAPTER X. THE NATIONAL BANKS.10m
  14. 14CHAPTER XI. THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.17m
  15. 15CHAPTER XII. “CORNERS” AND THEIR EFFECT ON VALUES.23m
  16. 16CHAPTER XIII. THE COMMODORE’S “CORNERS.”21m
  17. 17CHAPTER XIV. DANIEL DREW.20m
  18. 18CHAPTER XV. DREW AND VANDERBILT.19m
  19. 19CHAPTER XVI. DREW AND THE ERIE “CORNERS.”21m
  20. 20CHAPTER XVII. INTERESTING EPISODES IN DREW’S LIFE.22m
  21. 21CHAPTER XVIII. PANICS.—THEIR CAUSES.—HOW FAR PREVENTABLE.37m
  22. 22CHAPTER XIX. OLD TIME PANICS.10m
  23. 23CHAPTER XX. THE TRUE STORY OF BLACK FRIDAY TOLD FOR THE FIRST TIME.44m
  24. 24CHAPTER XXI. CAUSES OF LOSS IN SPECULATION.19m
  25. 25CHAPTER XXII. VILLARD AND HIS SPECULATIONS.12m
  26. 26CHAPTER XXIII. FERDINAND WARD.15m
  27. 27CHAPTER XXIV. HENRY N. SMITH.13m
  28. 28CHAPTER XXV. KEENE’S CAREER.25m
  29. 29CHAPTER XXVI. OUR RAILROAD METHODS.31m
  30. 30CHAPTER XXVII. GEORGIA REPUDIATION BONDS.1h 14m
  31. 31A REMINDER TO SENATOR EVARTS.10m
  32. 32CHAPTER XXVIII. ANDREW JOHNSON’S VAGARIES.14m
  33. 33CHAPTER XXIX. THE DIX CONVENTION.23m
  34. 34CHAPTER XXX. CONSEQUENCES OF THE UTICA (DIX’S) CONVENTION.12m
  35. 35CHAPTER XXXI. GRANT’S SECOND TERM.40m
  36. 36CHAPTER XXXII. THE TWEED RING, AND THE COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY.20m
  37. 37CHAPTER XXXIII. HON. SAMUEL J. TILDEN.16m
  38. 38CHAPTER XXXIV. COMMODORE VANDERBILT. —HOW HIS MAMMOTH FORTUNE WAS ACCUMULATED.21m
  39. 39CHAPTER XXXV. WILLIAM H. VANDERBILT.44m
  40. 40CHAPTER XXXVI. “YOUNG CORNEEL.”24m
  41. 41CHAPTER XXXVII. THE YOUNG VANDERBILTS AND THEIR FORTUNES.21m
  42. 42CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE ROTHSCHILDS.19m
  43. 43CHAPTER XXXIX. TRAVERS.41m
  44. 44CHAPTER XL. CHARLES F. WOERISHOFFER.28m
  45. 45CHAPTER XLI. WOMEN AS SPECULATORS22m
  46. 46CHAPTER XLII. WESTERN MILLIONAIRES IN NEW YORK.1h 5m
  47. 47CHAPTER XLIII. RAILROAD INVESTMENTS.12m
  48. 48CHAPTER XLIV. THE SILVER QUESTION.23m
  49. 49CHAPTER XLV. THE LABOR QUESTION.28m
  50. 50CHAPTER XLVI. AN IMPORTANT SYNOPSIS.47m
  51. 51CHAPTER XLVII. INTERNATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BARTHOLDI STATUE.5m
  52. 52CHAPTER XLVIII LARGE FORTUNES AND THEIR DISPOSITION.26m
  53. 53CHAPTER XLIX. SOUTHERN AFFAIRS IN SPECULATION.24m
  54. 54CHAPTER L. WESTERN AND SOUTHERN FINANCIAL LEADERS.16m
  55. 55CHAPTER LI. ARBITRATION.35m
  56. 56CHAPTER LII. NEW YORK AS A FINANCIAL CENTRE.26m
  57. 57CHAPTER LIII. EARTHQUAKE THEORIES AND WALL STREET AFFAIRS.13m
  58. 58CHAPTER LIV. AUGUST BELMONT.5m
  59. 59CHAPTER LV. THE SOCIALIST OBJECTIONS TO THE PRESENT ORDER OF SOCIETY EXAMINED.8m
  60. 60CHAPTER LVI. STOCK EXCHANGE CELEBRITIES.15m
  61. 61CHAPTER LVII. A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE.15m
  62. 62CHAPTER LVIII. JAY GOULD.1h 20m
  63. 63Chapter 6519m
  64. 64CHAPTER LIX. MEN OF MARK.54m
  65. 65CHAPTER LX. JAMES B. AND JOHN H. CLEWS.7m
  66. 66CHAPTER LXI. A REMARKABLE CHAPTER OF HISTORY.29m
  67. 67CHAPTER LXII. BOOMS IN WALL STREET.31m
  68. 68CHAPTER LXIII. A GLIMPSE INTO THE FUTURE.19m
  69. 69CHAPTER LXIV. MY CHRISTMAS ADDRESS TO CUSTOMERS DEC. 24, 1906.5m
  70. 70CHAPTER LXVI. THE UPS AND DOWNS OF WALL STREET.37m
  71. 71CHAPTER LXVII. RECENT WALL STREET BOOMS.24m
  72. 72CHAPTER LXVIII. WALL STREET’S WILD SPECULATION, 1900-1904.40m
  73. 73CHAPTER LXIX. REVIEW OF THE PANIC YEAR, 1903.7m
  74. 74CHAPTER LXX. LEADING WALL STREET EVENTS UP TO THE FALL OF 1907.37m
  75. 75CHAPTER LXXI. THE GREAT CRISIS OF 1907.16m
  76. 76CHAPTER LXXII. THE CAUSES OF THE CRISIS OF 1907.[2]9m
  77. 77CHAPTER LXXIII. RECENT MEN OF MARK.11m
  78. 78CHAPTER LXXIV. NEEDED PUBLICITY AND REFORM IN CORPORATIONS.35m
  79. 79CHAPTER LXXV. THE MONETARY SITUATION AND ITS REMEDIES.[3]35m
  80. 80CHAPTER LXXVI. INDIVIDUALISM VERSUS SOCIALISM.[4]44m
  81. 81CHAPTER LXXVII. GREAT WEALTH AND SOCIAL UNREST.[5]55m
  82. 82CHAPTER LXXVIII. THE FINANCIAL SITUATION.[6]57m
  83. 83Chapter 8723m
  84. 84CHAPTER LXXIX. Table Showing Dates of Admission of the Members of the7m
  85. 85CHAPTER LXXX. ENGLAND AND RUSSIA IN OUR CIVIL WAR AND THE WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA AND JAPAN.[7]23m
  86. 86CHAPTER LXXXI. THE CRISIS OF 1907 AND ITS CAUSES. WAS PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TO BLAME?[9]37m
  87. 87CHAPTER LXXXII. OUR GREAT AMERICAN PANICS FROM FIRST TO LAST.27m
  88. 88CHAPTER LXXXIII. WALL STREET AS IT REALLY IS. A VINDICATION.21m
  89. 89CHAPTER LXXXIV. THE FINANCIAL AND TRADE SITUATION, PAST, PRESENT1h 24m
  90. 90Chapter 943m
  91. 91CHAPTER LXXXV. AMERICAN SOCIAL CONDITIONS.[11]28m
  92. 92CHAPTER LXXXVI. THE FINANCIAL AND TRADE SITUATION AND PROSPECTS.[12]43m
  93. 93CHAPTER LXXXVII. PEACE ASSURANCES FROM JAPAN.9m
  94. 94CHAPTER LXXXVIII. THE EMPEROR OF JAPAN.22m
  95. 95CHAPTER LXXXIX. THE NATIONAL CORPORATION PROBLEM.[13]36m
  96. 96CHAPTER XC. WHY I AM AN AMERICAN.6m
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