by Lela Gilbert (Editor), Mark Andrew Ritchie (Author)
DONALD J TRUMP "GOD IN THE PITS was EXCELLENT" "BRILLIANT ... must reading" --Futures Magazine "DYNAMIC--a true page-turner" --Barron's "JUST WHAT THE PITS NEED" --Institutional Investor "One of the most unexpected stories to emerge from the trading floor" --Chicago Sun Times "Poignant and sensitively written." --Kansas City Times "...has the confidence of a Christian with four aces..." --Kirkus Mark Andrew Ritchie (featured in Schwager's best-selling Market Wizards II) grew up in the poverty and strangeness of Afghanistan, the deep south of Texas, and an Oregon-coast logging town. The Vietnam War crystallized his love of rebellion. He became an occupational vagabond--funeral home operative, Chicago Transit bus driver, long-haul trucker, jail guard, and more--an unlikely backdrop for launching a career in the take-no-prisoners financial markets of Chicago.