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Soft Cover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Rare material. Stated at copyright: First Edition, February 1994. Signed by Pat Riott blue felt-tip w/red dotted 'I' at front endpaper: "Pat Riott". Black and red pictorial wraps, slight shelf wear. Pages fine; no writing. Bind fine, square. Inspirational and historical quotations with lists, excerpts, tables, satirical and historical cartoons. Majority of material arranged in chronologically dated format leading up to and after crash detailing Churchill and other player's meetings and events. Highly entertaining and informative. Near fine signed rarity. Details a far-reaching scandal. international in dimension and ongoing. In 1929, a financial disaster of unprecedented proportions swept through the U.S.A. with lightning speed. America began a descent into an 11-year financial hell. Why was Winston Churchill at the N.Y.S.E. on Black Thursday, October 24, 1929, not quite by chance? Why "plunger" Bernard Baruch was Churchill's "favorite American." Why five days after the crash, was Churchill the guest of honor at a bizarre "celebration" attended by over 50 "bankers and master plungers?" Where did the shiploads of gold end up in the months after the Crash? Also, Cecil Rhodes diabolical will and the plans it contained; and, the plot that began to take shape in the Wilson administration. Includes hypothetical introduction by 'Philip Dru,' Wilson advisor Edward Mandell House' fictional character from novel of same name. Manufactured in the United States of America. 215 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author. Book.