Tarnoff, Ben.

Moneymakers : the wicked lives and surprising adventures of three notorious counterfeiters / Money makers Ben Tarnoff. - New York : Penguin Press, 2011. - 369 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-351) and index.

The confidence man -- The populist -- The patriot.

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.

9781594202872 1594202877

2010029617


Counterfeits and counterfeiting--United States--Case studies.
Counterfeits and counterfeiting--History.--United States

HG336.U5 / T37 2011

364.1/334092273