How Wall Street Created a Nation
Subtitle: J.P. Morgan, Teddy Roosevelt, and the Panama Canal
Publisher: Four Walls Eight Windows
Published: September 9, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9781568582665
Subjects: American history: from c 1900 -; c 1900 - c 1914; United States - 20th Century; Central America - History; History; Politics / Current Events; History: American; Central America; Panama canal; USA; International Relations - Diplomacy; Latin America - Central America; Business & Economics / Banks & Banking; Business & Economics / Economic History
First sentence: ON OCTOBER 2, 1908, AT 10:30 PM, the managing editor of Joseph Pulitzer's the World, Caleb Van Hamm, received an unexpected telephone call.