{"product_id":"exchange-artist-a-tale-of-high-flying-speculation-and-americas-first-banking-collapse","title":"Exchange Artist: A Tale of High-Flying Speculation and America's First Banking Collapse","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eExchange Artist: A Tale of High-Flying Speculation and America's First Banking Collapse\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJane Kamensky\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780670018413\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eViking Adult\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2008\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e464\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eThe startling story of an early American dreamer whose wily schemes made him a founding father of our speculation nation \u003cbr\u003e Rediscover a lost chapter in early American history: the story of financial- pioneer-turned-confidence-man Andrew Dexter, Jr., and the skyscraper for which he amassed?and then lost?a paper fortune. In the 1790s, printed money and banks themselves were still regarded with tremendous suspicion, as traditional strictures about moneylending slowly made way for modern freewheeling capitalism. A pioneer in the new age of paper, Dexter challenged the notions of his Puritan ancestors by embarking on a wild career in real estate speculation, all financed by the string of banks he commandeered and the millions of dollars they freely printed. Upon this paper pyramid he built the tallest building in the United States?the Exchange Coffee House, a seven-story colossus in downtown Boston. But in early 1809, just as the exchange was ready for unveiling, the scheme collapsed. In Boston, the exchange became an opulent but largely vacant building, a symbol of monumental ambition and failure. \u003cbr\u003e Kamensky deftly steers the reader through this history, providing a riveting historical narrative of a second American founding: the birth of speculative capitalism. The book will appeal to fans of Peter Bernstein's \"Against the Gods,\" John Gordon's \"Empire of Wealth,\" and Ron Chernow's \"Alexander Hamilton,\" as well as Ross King's \"Brunelleschi's Dome.\"\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Viking Adult","offers":[{"title":"Exchange Artist: A Tale of High-Flying Speculation and America's First Banking Collapse | Jane Kamensky | Hardcover | 9780670018413 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks E 1766213","offer_id":49376803225752,"sku":"1766213","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/518ZuL4EnpL.jpg?v=1783019430","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/exchange-artist-a-tale-of-high-flying-speculation-and-americas-first-banking-collapse","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}