Ben Tarnoff: 2 books
A Counterfeiter's Paradise
The Wicked Lives and Surprising Adventures of Three Early American Moneymakers
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
"This tale of counterfeiting is a treat for everyone...a delightful history lesson...Admirable and altogether charming."
-The Washington Post
As Ben Tarnoff reminds us in this entertaining narrative history, get-rich-quick schemes are as old as America itself. Indeed, the speculative...
The Bohemians
Mark Twain and the San Francisco Writers Who Reinvented American Literature
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014
An extraordinary portrait of a fast-changing America—and the Western writers who gave voice to its emerging identity
At once an intimate portrait of an unforgettable group of writers and a history of a cultural revolution in America, The Bohemians reveals how a brief moment on the far western...