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Formorethantwohundredyears,fortuneshavebeenmade--andlost--onWallStreetbymenandwomenplayingthegreatgameofcapitalism.Manyhaverepeatedthemistakesoftheirforebears,andsomehaveenjoyedsimilartriumphs.Inthisgrippingand
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JohnSteeleGordonwasborninNewYorkCityin1944intoafamilylongassociatedwiththecityanditsfinancialcommunity.BothhisgrandfathersheldseatsontheNewYorkStockExchange.HewaseducatedatMillbrookSchoolandVanderbiltUniversity,graduatingwithaB.A.inhistoryin1966.AftercollegeheworkedasaproductioneditorforHarper&Row(nowHarperCollins)forsixyearsbeforeleavingtotravel,drivingaLand-RoverfromNewYorktoTierradelFuego,anine-monthjourneyof39,000miles.AfterreturningtoNewYorkheservedonthestaffsofCongressmenHermanBadilloandRobertGarcia.Hehasbeenafull-timewriterforthelasttwentyyears.Hissecondbook,TheScarletWomanofWallStreet,ahistoryofWallStreetinthe1860's,waspublishedin1988.Histhirdbook,Hamilton'sBlessing:theExtraordinaryLifeandTimesofOurNationalDebt,waspublishedin1997.TheGreatGame:TheEmergenceofWallStreetasaWorldPower,1653-2000,waspublishedbyScribner,aSimonandSchusterimprint,inNovember,1999.Atwo-hourspecialbasedonTheGreatGameairedonCNBConApril24th,2000.Hislatestbook,acollectionofhiscolumnsfromAmericanHeritagemagazine,entitledTheBusinessofAmerica,waspublishedinJuly,2001,byWalker.HishistoryofthelayingoftheAtlanticCable,AThreadAcrosstheOcean,waspublishedinJune,2002.Hisnextbook,tobepublishedbyHarperCollins,isahistoryoftheAmericaneconomy.Hespecializesinbusinessandfinancialhistory.Hehashadarticlespublishedin,amongothers,Forbes,ForbesASAP,Worth,theNewYorkTimesandTheWallStreetJournalOp-Edpages,theWashingtonPost'sBookWorldandOutlook.HeisacontributingeditoratAmericanHeritage,wherehehaswrittenthe"BusinessofAmerica"columnsince1989.In1991hetraveledtoEurope,Africa,NorthandSouthAmerica,andJapanwiththephotographerBruceDavidsonforSchlumberger,Ltd.,tocreateaphotoessaycalled"SchlumbergerPeople,"forthecompany'sannualreport.In1992hewastheco-writer,withTimothyC.ForbesandSteveForbes,ofHappilyEverAfter?,avideoproducedbyForbesinhonoroftheseventy-fifthanniversaryofthemagazine.HeisafrequentcommentatoronMarketplace,thedailyPublicRadiobusiness-newsprogramheardonmorethantwohundredstationsthroughoutthecountry.Hehasappearedonnumerousotherradioandtelevisionshows,includingNewYork:ADocumentaryFilmbyRicBurns,BusinessCenterandSquawkBoxonCNBC,andTheNewsHourwithJimLehreronPBS.Hewasaguestin2001onalive,two-houreditionofBooknoteswithBrianLambonC-SPAN.
