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Author Grind, Kirsten.

Title The lost bank : the story of Washington Mutual--the biggest bank failure in American history / Kirsten Grind.

Imprint New York : Simon & Schuster, 2012.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  332.32 G884l 2012    ---  Available
Edition 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Description viii, 389 p. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-367) and index.
Contents Friend of the family -- Remove the corporate jets -- The power of yes -- Alexander the Great -- The dark side -- The growing trouble -- Scenes from the Great Depression -- Project West -- The final hours.
Summary Based on reporting for which the author was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the Gerald Loeb Award, this book traces the rise and spectacular fall of Washington Mutual.
Subject Washington Mutual, Inc.
Savings and loan association failures -- United States -- History.
Bank failures -- United States -- History.
Savings and loan associations -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- History.
Banks and banking -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- History.
ISBN 9781451617924
1451617925
9781451617931 (pbk.)
1451617933 (pbk.)
9781451617948 (ebook)
1451617941 (ebook)

 
    
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