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Author Tarnoff, Ben.

Title Moneymakers : the wicked lives and surprising adventures of three notorious counterfeiters / Ben Tarnoff.

Publication Info. New York : Penguin Press, 2011.

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  364.1334 TARNOFF    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  364.1334 TARNOFF    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  364.1334 TA    Check Shelf
Description 369 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-351) and index.
Summary Recounts how three of America's most successful counterfeiters, Owen Sullivan (worked 1720-1756), David Lewis (worked 1788-1820), and Samuel Upham (worked 1819-1885), each cunningly manipulated the political and economic realities of his day.
Contents The confidence man -- The populist -- The patriot.
Subject Sullivan, Owen, -1756.
Lewis, David.
Upham, Samuel.
Counterfeits and counterfeiting -- United States -- Case studies.
Counterfeits and counterfeiting -- United States -- History.
Added Title Money makers
ISBN 9781594202872 hardcover
1594202877 hardcover
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