The Hellhound of Wall Street: How Ferdinand Pecora's Investigation of the Great Crash Forever Changed American Finance

The Hellhound of Wall Street is a gripping account of the underdog Senate lawyer who unmasked the financial wrongdoing that led to the Crash of 1929.

This book provides a minute-by-minute account of the ten dramatic days when Ferdinand Pecora turned the hearings around, cross-examining the officers of National City Bank (today's Citigroup) and revealing shocking financial abuses, including excessive compensation and bonuses awarded to its executives for peddling shoddy securities to the American public.

Pecora became an unlikely hero to a beleaguered nation, despite being the son of a struggling factory worker and one of New York's few Italian American lawyers at a time when Italians were frequently stereotyped as anarchic criminals.

This book is a must-read for anyone interested in financial history, legal drama, or the story of an unlikely hero who took on the powerful elites and emerged victorious.