Friday, the Thirteenth

Thomas W. Lawson's novel plunges into the frenzy of Wall Street, where fortunes rise and crash on rumor and nerve.

At a glance Written by a financier turned reformer, it dramatizes the speculative fever of the… The trading floor roars, tickers clatter, and a single day can make or ruin a man. Lawson, himself a famous and controversial figure of Wall Street, turns his insider's… What it's about The story centers on the high-stakes world of stock speculation, where…

The story centers on the high-stakes world of stock speculation, where operators scheme, panics ignite, and vast sums change hands on sentiment and daring.