24 Days How Two Wall Street Journal Reporters Uncovered the Lies That Destroyed Faith in Corporate America

The con of the century, perpetrated by one of the largest corporations in America, and the investigation that brought that giant down, initiated by two tireless Wall Street Journal reporters. Nothing has been the same since. And it only took 24 days. Written in a gripping, fast-paced narrative style, 24 Days is a riveting reporter's eye view of the investigative process-often unpredictable, but driven by the journalists' commitment to the facts and the true story. Smith and Emshwiller broke through Enron's stonewalling and exposed its inner workings, setting in motion a chain of events that shook the public's trust in big business, Wall Street, and the accounting profession. Updated here with a new prologue and a new chapter by Smith and Emshwiller, 24 Days defines an era and brings great investigative journalism to vivid life as it tells the riveting story of the colossal collapse of what has become the world's most notorious corporation.Smith, Rebecca is the author of '24 Days How Two Wall Street Journal Reporters Uncovered the Lies That Destroyed Faith in Corporate America', published 2004 under ISBN 9780060520748 and ISBN 0060520744.