J. P. Morgan

<p><span class="deck">How J. P. Morgan, like a “one-man Federal Reserve,” calmed the bankers and helped ease the Panic of 1907</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck"> The Monte Carlo capers of U. S. Steel’s new president outraged Andy Carnegie but never ruffled J. P. Morgan</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck">Beatrix Farrand’s exactingly beautiful designs changed the American landscape.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> A knowledgeable and passionate guide takes us for a walk down Wall Street, and we find the buildings there eloquent of the whole history of American finance</span> </p>

<p>What happened to all the great 19th-century fortunes?</p>

<p><span class="deck">It cannot be measured in dollars alone. It involved a kind of personal power that no man of affairs will ever have again.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">50 years ago, the builders of the Pennsylvania Turnpike completed America’s first superhighway and helped determine the shape of travel to come.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">She was the great financier’s librarian, and a good deal more.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">When terrorists first struck New York’s financial district</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">Banker J. P. Morgan rescued the dollar and bailed out the nation.</span></p>

<p>Born during Jim Crow, Belle da Costa Greene perfected the art of "passing" while working for one of the most powerful men in America.</p>