In 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. In times of war, the rich usually do get richer and the poor are still poor, yet free. Somewhat. This well-researched telling of the well […]

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