For the first time, these two works attributed to the great Jesse Livermore are presented together in one volume with a new foreword by Juliette Rogers.
A 1924 run-up in wheat prices squeezed.
In the years following these publications, Livermore continued to burnish his legend.
However, attentive readers may note the narrator\'s especially gleeful tone whenever windfalls are made or old scores are settled, suggesting a connection more personal than professional.
This revelation came to the biographer secondhand and without confirmation, so the mystery continues.
A 1967 biography claims that Livermore, shortly before his death, acknowledged writing Reminiscences with guidance from Lefèvre, who served as editor and coach.
The two men were long acquainted and may have traded useful information over the years.
Specifically, over the decades many readers have wondered if the book\'s author was not Lefèvre, but none other than Jesse Livermore.
In true Livermore fashion, the book itself remains something of a mystery.
Even the understated former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan once called it a font of investing wisdom.
He wrote eight other books, but none matched the success of Reminiscences, which has remained in print since 1923 and been translated into numerous languages.
As a financial journalist, biographer, and novelist, Edwin Lefèvre gave his readers their much-desired glimpse into the lofty world of Wall Street elites.
Reminiscences is the first-person narrative of a fictional speculator named Larry Livingston, whose life events happen to match precisely those of Jesse Livermore.
The first book, Reminiscences of a Stock Operator by Edwin Lefèvre, offers keen insight while at the same time adding to the Livermore enigma.
People wanted to know how Wall Street wizards like Jesse Livermore spun their magic.
A newfound fascination with celebrities extended beyond film stars and athletes to the rich and powerful.
Americans became enamored of cars, telephones, radios, and movies.
The nightmare of World War I was fading, and the United States had successfully transitioned from a wartime economy into a peacetime powerhouse.
The two Books in this volume were written in the early 1920s, when Livermore was already famous but still ascending to the peak of his wealth.
They remain classics and must reads for every new aspirant in the world of speculation.
Both contain interesting insights into Livermore\'s life and times as well as the reasons for his success.
For the first time, these two works attributed to the great Jesse Livermore are presented together in one volume with a new foreword by Juliette Rogers
