[andjones]

For those interested in this kind of story, and manipulation of markets in general, one of the best books I've read on the subject, published in 1923: Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

http://www.amazon.com/Reminiscences-Stock-Operator-Edwin-Lef...

[atakan_gurkan]

It is also available on the Internet Archive: http://www.archive.org/details/ReminiscencesOfAStockOperator