Six Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929: A Wall Street Journal Book for Children Book

Thanks to Rhea Wolfram for loaning me this book written by our mutual friend, Karen Blumenthal. It is Karen's first book with others to follow. This Young Adult book is a great one for all to read to gain a better understanding of the intricacies of the stock market in the 1920's. It was a crazy time when just about anyone could amass a fortune as they gained exponential returns in the stock market. Alas, as Geoffrey Chaucer noted in his poem, "Troilus and Criseyde", "all good things must come to an end." And, it did for those investors in October 1929 in one short week. There's a wealth (!) of stock market fundamentals as well as insights on several key players: Charles Mitchell (with National City Bank who attempted to stop the crash by giving $25 million in credit), Billy Durant (conveyed confidence by continuing to buy stock), Michael Meehan (NYSE bigwig and an early SEC rule breaker), and Richard Whitney (Harvard guy who was not only a terrible investor but also stole customer funds... really bad!). I appreciated the author's perspective as she shared, "Though it wasn't the single cause or even the main cause of the Depression, those six days in October became the turning point, the defining moment, when good times gave way to bad. After the crash, American life would never be the same".