Steel's : a forgotten stock market scandal from the 1920s /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Dyer, Dave
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, [2013]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Steel, L. R, > 1878-1923. Investment advisors > United States > Case studies. Fraud > United States > Case studies. Ponzi schemes > United States > Case studies. Financial services industry > Corrupt practices > United States > Case studies.

Table of Contents:

The man who did almost everything right : the right business at the right time in the right place
The creative promise of the L.R. Steel Company : ten thousand lollipops
Inventing the infomercial : fifty endings
The life of a salesman at the L.R. Steel Company : "how's yer pep?"
The stores : the best fifty-cent chicken dinner in Canada
The Denver miracle : "meet me at Steel's corner"
The late-night meeting : "well, folks, here we are"
L.R.'s last train ride : "I was awakened by a peculiar sound"
Was it a Ponzi scheme? : Would a crook live next to a chicken farm?
What went wrong? : failure is an option
The legacy of failure : life goes on-- or not.