The Last Partnerships

----Inside the Great Wall Street Money Dynasties

Charles R. Geisst

McGraw-Hill，2001

FOR MORE THAN 150 years, their names were synonymous with Wall Street. The most successful became the subjects of folklore, envy, and political vilification, and notorious symbols of wealth and power. No longer household names today, in the nineteenth century many had barroom songs and jingles written about them. Before there were sports stars and pop musicians dominating the news, they were among the first true celebrities in the country.

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