Edwin LeFevre (1871–1943) was an American financial journalist and writer, best known for Reminiscences of a Stock Operator. He spent many years reporting on finance and was skilled at portraying market figures and the world of trading in clear, restrained prose that combined factual reporting with readability. Beyond stock-market subjects, he also wrote about everyday crafts; Making Fermented Pickles, included in this collection, is one example, showing that his interests were not confined to finance. Public information about his life is limited, and details of his education, positions, and specific career are difficult to verify, so this note introduces only his known identity and the character of his work. His writing values facts and detail and is plain in style, exerting a certain influence on later financial writing; readers can also glimpse an aspect of early twentieth-century American financial and everyday writing through his works.
