{"product_id":"a-counterfeiters-paradise-ben-tarnoff-9780143120773","title":"A Counterfeiter's Paradise: The Wicked Lives and Surprising Adventures of Three Early American Moneymakers","description":"\"This tale of counterfeiting is a treat for everyone...a delightful history lesson...Admirable and altogether charming.\" \u003cbr\u003e-\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs 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 \u003ci\u003eA Counterfeiter's Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e, Tarnoff chronicles the lives of three colorful counterfeiters who flourished in early America, from the colonial period to the Civil War. Driven by desire for fortune and fame, each counterfeiter cunningly manipulated the political and economic realities of his day. Through the tales of these three memorable hustlers, Tarnoff tells the larger tale of America's financial coming-of-age, from a patchwork of colonies to a powerful nation with a single currency.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ben Tarnoff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0143120778\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143120773\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/06\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.37h x 5.54w x 0.85d","brand":"Ben Tarnoff","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46311000015103,"sku":"9780143120773","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b031f220-531e-4121-a9b3-011c176b30b3.jpg?v=1730887828","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-counterfeiters-paradise-ben-tarnoff-9780143120773","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}