The Fallen Colossus

by Robert Sobel

The Penn Central debacle has much to teach investors, businessmen, and financiers about giant corporations caught in economic recessions or industries suffering a slow decline.

388 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2000

About the author

Robert Sobel was an American professor of history at Hofstra University, and a well-known and prolific writer of business histories. He was also a chess Master, who represented the United States at the 1957 and 1958 Student chess Olympiads; he defeated thirteen-year-old future World Champion Bobby Fischer at Montreal 1956.

Despite his prolific writings in business history, he is most famous for his single novel, For Want of a Nail, an alternate history of the United States.

Reviews

[Patrick · Rating 3 out of 5]

About how Penn Central failed. Oddly when I enter the ISBN from the 1977 hardcover a different book comes up.