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Describes the origins, significant historical landmarks, and recent events of the New York Stock Exchange.
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《学校图书馆杂志》(School Library Journal)书评
Three relatively easy books on diverse subjects and of varying quality. The size of the type in these slim volumes gives the impression of simplicity, but the subjects are ambitious and the reading level not that low. The brief, chapterless format allows for only the most superficial coverage. The photographs and illustrations are mostly relevant but are ordinary. The Story of Harriet Beecher Stowe includes her inspirations for some of the ideas for Uncle Tom's Cabin. There are flaws: minor, annoying instances of fictionalization; an incomplete U. S. map that mentions but does not explain legislation regarding slavery; the inaccurate claim that Abraham Lincoln campaigned to free the slaves in 1860. However, this is still a useful book, with better quality illustrations than the other two and a lively text that presents Stowe's life in an interesting manner. The Story of Jonas Salk offers a rather dry account of the horrors of polio and Salk's work to find a polio vaccine. For slightly older readers, a more compelling account of Salk's fight can be found in a chapter of Melvin Berger's Famous Men of Modern Biology (Crowell, 1968; o.p.). The New York Stock Exchange is a good introduction to its background and current organization. Covering briefly the history of Wall Street from 1664 through the 1987 market crash, it gives a glimpse of how the NYSE has affected American history and vice versa. --Marilyn Long Graham, Jacksonville Public Libraries, FL (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.