#1648: Tom Shachtman’s “The Founding Fortunes” | The Book Show

February 27, 2020 00:30:00
#1648: Tom Shachtman’s “The Founding Fortunes” | The Book Show
The Book Show
#1648: Tom Shachtman’s “The Founding Fortunes” | The Book Show

Feb 27 2020 | 00:30:00

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In the new book, “The Founding Fortunes,” historian Tom Shachtman reveals the ways in which a dozen notable Revolutionaries deeply affected the finances and birth of the new country while making and losing their fortunes.

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