The Wall Street Crash, October 29 1929 |
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| Author:
| Woolf, Alex |
| Series title: | Days That Shook the World Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7398-5237-8 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2002 |
| Publisher: | Heinemann-Raintree
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| Imprint: | NA-r |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $18.98USD $31.43 |
Book Description:
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Black Tuesday, October 29, 1929, was the day an era came to an end. The 1920s had been a magical time in the history of the U.S.-- a time of jazz, flappers, and gangsters, and a time when the stock market encouraged dreams of unlimited wealth. Thousands of people bought shares and watched their value soar at the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street. But on Black Tuesday, it all came to a shuddering halt. Stock prices plummeted. Panic set in. Fortunes were lost in financial disaster...
More DescriptionBlack Tuesday, October 29, 1929, was the day an era came to an end. The 1920s had been a magical time in the history of the U.S.-- a time of jazz, flappers, and gangsters, and a time when the stock market encouraged dreams of unlimited wealth. Thousands of people bought shares and watched their value soar at the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street. But on Black Tuesday, it all came to a shuddering halt. Stock prices plummeted. Panic set in. Fortunes were lost in financial disaster now known as the Wall Street Crash. What caused the crash? Did nobody see it coming? How did the buying and selling of shares create and destroy a nation's dreams, and plunge the world into depression and war?