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Author:

Kamensky, Jane.

Title:

The exchange artist : a tale of high-flying speculation and America's first banking collapse / Jane Kamensky.

Publisher:

Viking,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

xvii, 442 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Boston (Mass.)--Social conditions.
United States--Social conditions--To 1865.
Dexter, Andrew,--1779-1837.
Businessmen--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-420) and index.

Contents:

Illustration credits. Prologue : Ruins -- A Promises -- ch. 2. Icarus -- ch. 3. Reckoning -- ch. 4. Babel -- ch. 5. Conflagration -- ch. 6. Prometheus -- Epilogue : Relics -- A note on the drawings -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- Illustration credits.

ISBN:

0670018414
9780670018413

LCCN:

2007014318

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)