Lion in the Street

Aug 2014 · New Word City

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J.P. Morgan, like a “one-man Federal Reserve,” calmed bankers and depositors and helped ease the Panic of 1907. Here, in this short-form book from historian John A. Garraty, is the story.

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John A. Garraty was Gouverneur Morris emeritus professor of history at Columbia University. He is best known for wrestling into print American National Biography, which in twenty-four volumes and 20 million words tells the story of the United States through the life histories of thousands of its citizens.

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