Foreword v
Introduction vii
I. The Biggest Plunger Wall Street Ever Saw: June 10, 1922 1
II. The Boy Trader Beats the Bucket Shops: June 17, 1922 23
III. I Was Dead Right—I Lost Every Cent I Had: July 1, 1922 45
IV. The Quarter Million Dollar Hunch: July 15, 1922 67
V. My Day of Days: August 12, 1922 89
VI. No Man Living Can Beat the Stock Market: Sept. 2, 1922 111
VII. Playing Another Man's Game: Sept. 16, 1922 133
VIII. $1 Million in Debt; $1 Million Repaid: Oct. 7, 1922 153
IX. Black Cats and Irresistible Impulses: Oct. 21, 1922 171
X. The Coffee Corner and the Price Fixing Committee: Dec. 16, 1922 193
XI. Why the Public Always Loses: May 19, 1923 217
XII. Kings, Paupers, and the Hazards of the Game: May 26, 1923 235
Publisher’s Postscript 255
EDWIN LEFÈVRE was trained as a mining engineer, but became a journalist at age nineteen. He produced eight books, including The Making of a Stockbroker, during his 53-year writing career. He is a celebrated finance author made famous by his publication of the fictionalized story of Jesse Livermore, which first appeared in The Saturday Evening Post in 1922.
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