Ronald P. Freeman Orden de los libros (cronológico)

On October 16, 1907, the American financial system teetered on the edge of collapse following the failure of a major investment firm due to speculative trading. With no Federal Reserve or government agencies to intervene, J. Pierpont Morgan stepped in, organizing a consortium of bankers to stabilize the failing system. After the crisis, Morgan committed to preventing such a disaster from recurring. Set between 1907 and 1912 and inspired by true events, the narrative explores the power struggles within American society during a transformative era. Key figures include capitalists J.P. Morgan, John Astor, and William Vanderbilt, alongside labor leaders Big Bill Haywood and Emma Goldman, and Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. Central to the story is Captain Archibald Butt, Military Aide and close confidant to both Roosevelt and Taft. As he navigates a web of intrigue, Butt's journey takes him from the White House to anarchist circles in Greenwich Village, the nascent FBI, and the elite parlors of the powerful. Amid shifting alliances and betrayals, he witnesses the emergence of a dangerous power grab that culminates in one of the 20th Century's most notorious maritime disasters.