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New York Times financial columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin's "1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History - and How It Shattered a Nation" (Viking) looks back to the nation's most catastrophic market collapse.

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Charles Mitchell strode up the steps of 55 Wall Street, determined to project his usual sense of confidence and certitude. It had been a crushing afternoon. As he returned to his office, he knew that the eyes of Wall Street were on him — everyone from the traders in the street to his own secretary was assessing his gait

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