The Founding Fortunes: How the Wealthy Paid for and Profited from America's Revolution

by Tom Shachtman

Book Overview

In The Founding Fortunes, historian Tom Shachtman reveals the ways in which a dozen notable Revolutionaries deeply affected the finances and birth of the new country while making and losing their fortunes.

While history teaches that successful revolutions depend on participation by the common man, the establishment of a stable and independent United States first required wealthy colonials uniting to disrupt the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250164761
• ISBN13: 9781250164766
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.5"