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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Main Author: Echols, Alice (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : New Press, [2017]
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781620973042
1620973049

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