Shortfall : family secrets, financial collapse, and a hidden history of American banking /

The rollicking true story of a 1930s version of Bernie Madoff-and the building and loan crash he helped precipitate-in a wonderful work of narrative nonfiction by the Gustavus Myers book award winner Shortfall opens with a surprise discovery in an attic-boxes filled with letters and documents hidden...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Echols, Alice (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : New Press, [2017]
Temas:
Davis, Walter Clyde.
1919-1933
Embezzlement > Colorado > Case studies.
Financial crime > Colorado > Case studies.
Savings and loan associations > Corrupt practices > Colorado > Case studies.
Abus de confiance > Colorado > Études de cas.
Associations d'épargne et de prêt > Pratiques déloyales > Colorado > Études de cas.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Embezzlement.
Savings and loan associations > Corrupt practices.
United States > History > 1919-1933.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1919-1933.
Colorado.
United States.
Case studies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:The rollicking true story of a 1930s version of Bernie Madoff-and the building and loan crash he helped precipitate-in a wonderful work of narrative nonfiction by the Gustavus Myers book award winner Shortfall opens with a surprise discovery in an attic-boxes filled with letters and documents hidden for more than seventy years-and launches into a fast-paced story that uncovers the dark secrets in Echols's family-an upside-down version of the building and loan story at the center of Frank Capra's 1946 movie, It's a Wonderful Life. In a narrative filled with colorful characters and profound insi.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781620973042
1620973049

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