This is history through the eyes of those who were there. Author Eric Weiner documents 30 events on Wall Street over the last century or so by stringing together quotes from the participants. There is the 1914 launch of populist Merrill Lynch, the 1960's paperwork crisis, the abandonment of fixed commissions, and Peter Lynch running Magellan. More recent events include the scrapping of Glass-Steagal , the dot-com bubble and that clear mooring in September 2001 when Wall Street stopped. If you work in finance, you should know this history ...