#139 J.P. Morgan

This book is about the rise, fall, and resurrection of an American banking empire. The House of Morgan. Until nineteen eighty nine, JP Morgan Company solemnly presided over American finance from the short building at twenty three Wall Street. Much of our story revolves around this chiseled marbled building and the presidents and prime ministers. Moguls and millionaires.

Who marched up its steps. With the records now available, we can follow them inside the world's most secretive bank. In the popular mind, the two most familiar Morgans JP Morgan senior. and JP Morgan Junior.

Are rolled into a composite beast. JP Morgan. that somehow endured for more than a century. For admirers, these two JP Morgans typified the sound old fashioned banker Whose word was his bond and who sealed his deals with a handshake.

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