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