The financial panics analyzed in this book illustrate the complexity of such events & that the causes are varied: political, military, economic, even psychological. Introduction William Duer & the panic of 1792 The crisis of Jacksonian finances: 1837 The western blizzard of 1857 The circus comes to town: 1865-69 Crisis of the gilded age: 1873 Grant's last panic: 1884 Grover Cleveland & the ordeal of 1893-95 The struggle of the titans: the Northern Pacific corner of 1901 The Knickerbocker Trust panic of 1907 The year the stock market closed: 1914 1929: the making of the myth The Kennedy slide: 1962 Conclusion A Note on Sources General Bibliography Index