The young man with his deposits of nineteen and onehalf millionsand more tocometroubled the president. With that much cash Grinnell already was apotential distu... » 

The young man with his deposits of nineteen and onehalf millionsand more tocometroubled the president. With that much cash Grinnell already was apotential disturber of finance. With much more he could be infinitely worsetothe public and to the great moneyed interests. from The Golden Flood Thisfinancial mystery novels revolves around an enigmatic young man who depositseverincreasing sums of gold bars into a large bank much to the bankpresidents bemused chagrin. A century after its original publication in 1905this remains must reading for those looking for insight into the driving forcesof modern economies and the nature of the people who influence it. Alsoavailable from Cosimo Classics Lefevres The Plunderers. American journalistEDWIN LEFEVRE 18711943 also authored the short fiction collected in WallStreet Stories 1901 the novel Sampson Rock of Wall Street 1906 and thebasedonfact Reminiscences of a Stock Operator 1923. «