capitalists and financiers

During the Wall Street panic of 1907, prosperous New York lawyer Allan Montague attempts to help his old friend from Mississippi, young widow Lucy Dupree, make it in the city, and after he helps her sell a block of stock, they are both caught up in the greedy scheme of a group of unscrupulous power brokers, which may devastate the financial world.

Financier Frank Cowperwood is willing to do anything to fight his way to the top of America's financial world, but he doesn't realize what he is sacrificing until it is too late.

An exploration of the life of John D. Rockefeller that discusses his childhood, family, early ventures, oil business, philanthropy, and other related topics.

Text and photos chronicle the life and career of nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century businessman John D. Rockefeller, including the rise and fall of the Standard Oil Company.

Inside account of the life and career of Warren Buffett, and the unique qualities and abilities which enabled him to amass a fortune in excess of ten billion.

A comprehensive narrative history of 350 years of American business.

Explores the role the Money Men, public and private officials who battled for control of America's currency, impact the political, social, and economic atmosphere of the United States from the Revolutionary War through the Civil War.

French swindler and scoundrel Augustus Melmotte arrives in London determined to secure a marriage for his daughter that will raise their station in society, and settles on Felix, the adored son of Lady Carbury, who is induced to propose for the sake of securing a fortune.