The title character of my 2007 novel, "Confessions of a Wall Street Shoeshine Boy," was inspired by a real-life shoeshiner who plied his trade among the Guccis and Ferragamos of the financial district. What a view he had! From the very bottom rung of the economic ladder, he watched Wall Street... -
The Street Doesn't Look So Shiny Anymore
The title character of my 2007 novel, "Confessions of a Wall Street Shoeshine Boy," was inspired by a real-life shoeshiner who plied his trade among the Guccis and Ferragamos of the financial district. What a view he had! From the very bottom rung of the economic ladder, he watched Wall Street...-
By Doug Stumpf