In Bull!, Maggie Mahar tells the sweeping tale of the Great Bull Market of 1982-1999, a legendary run-up that pulled the entire nation into its gravitational field. Mahar lays out the origins of the boom and takes the reader behind the scenes, on Wall Street, on Main Street, and in Washington, letting him see the story through the eyes of the fund managers, market gurus, analysts, politicians, business journalists, and 401(k) investors who, together, helped create the longest-running bull market in U.S. history. Some were touts; others were true believers. On the sidelines, a Greek Chorus of seasoned professionals tried, vainly, to describe the emperor"s new clothes. Filled with colorful portraits of many of the central figures of the boom years - Alan Greenspan, Henry Blodget, James Cramer, Abby Joseph Cohen - Bull! draws together a complex cast of characters, illuminating the web of relationships that kept the market aloft. More than a financial...