The founding fortunes : how the wealthy paid for and profited from America's revolution / Tom Shachtman.
"In The Founding Fortunes, historian Tom Shachtman offers an in-depth look at a time when money became as vital as guns in securing victory on the Revolutionary War's battlefields, and how some of America's wealthiest men risked their fortunes to aid the new country even as they reaped benefits from...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
St. Martin's Press,
2020.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 338 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Format: | Book |