The Golden Flood

by Edwin Lefèvre

The young man with his deposits of nineteen and one-half millions-and more to come-troubled the president. With that much cash, Grinnell already was a potential disturber of finance. With much more he could be infinitely worse-to the public and to the great moneyed interests. -from The Golden Flood This financial mystery novels revolves around an enigmatic young man who deposits ever-increasing sums of gold bars into a large bank, much to the bank president's bemused chagrin. A century after its original publication in 1905, this remains must reading for those looking for insight into the driving forces of modern economies, and the nature of the people who influence it. Also available from Cosimo Classics: Lefevre's The Plunderers. American journalist EDWIN LEFEVRE (1871-1943) also authored the short fiction collected in Wall Street Stories (1901), the novel Sampson Rock of Wall Street (1906), and the based-on-fact Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (1923).

224 pages, Paperback

First published November 30, 1904

About the author

Edwin Lefèvre (1871–1943) was an American journalist, writer, and statesman most noted for his writings on Wall Street.

George Edwin Henry Lefèvre was born in Colón, Colombia (now Republic of Panama). His father had sent Edwin to the United States when he was a boy and he was educated at Lehigh University where he received training as a mining engineer. However, at the age of nineteen, he began his career as a journalist and eventually became a stockbroker, as well.

During the 1909–1913 presidency of William Howard Taft, Lefèvre served as ambassador to a number of countries including Italy, Spain, and France. Lefevre did work as a broker on Wall Street and was the financial writer for the New York Sun newspaper. He later returned to his home in Vermont where he resumed his literary work, providing short stories for magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post and writing novels.

Reviews

[Tim Duggan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Enjoyable book, similar in line to Reminissence of a stocm opperator, except this is fiction. A story about potentially cornering the gold market and ensuijg market manipulation.set around the 20s. A nice read about markets that is not technically focused.

[Hyunseong Park · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you are interested in finance market. This book is must go to read.
This book tells that control is very important.
Financial Market can be shaken not because of shortage but oversupply