Caldwell and Company: A Southern Financial Empire

by John Berry McFerrin

Book Overview

This is the fascinating, detailed account of the rise and fall of the largest banking house ever before established in the South, whose financial misfeasance during the prosperous twenties led to its eventual collapse and brought ruin to numerous innocent investors. Caldwell and Company was founded in Nashville in 1917 by Rogers Caldwell, the son of a leading local banker and businessman. Beginning as a small underwriter and distributor of Southern...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826511481
• ISBN13: 9780826511485
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.2"