A Counterfeiter's Paradise: The Wicked Lives and Surprising Adventures of Three Early American Moneymakers

by Ben Tarnoff

Book Overview

"This tale of counterfeiting is a treat for everyone...a delightful history lesson...Admirable and altogether charming." - The Washington Post As Ben Tarnoff reminds us in this entertaining narrative history, get-rich-quick schemes are as old as America itself. Indeed, the speculative ethos that pervades Wall Street today, Tarnoff suggests, has its origins in the counterfeiters who first took advantage of America's turbulent economy. In A Counterfeiter's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143120778
• ISBN13: 9780143120773
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher