{"product_id":"greenback-the-almighty-dollar-and-the-invention-of-america","title":"Greenback: The Almighty Dollar and the Invention of America","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eGreenback: The Almighty Dollar and the Invention of America\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJason Goodwin\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780805064070\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eHenry Holt and Co.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2003\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\u003e336\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\u003eFrom the author of Lords of the Horizons, the \u003cbr\u003efascinating story of a new kind of money for a \u003cbr\u003enew world\u003cbr\u003e Money has always been at the heart of the American experience. Paper money, invented in Boston in 1698, was a classic of American ingenuity-and American disregard for authority and tradition. With the wry and admiring eye of a modern Tocqueville, Jason Goodwin has written a biography of the dollar, giving us the story of its astonishing career through the wilds of American history. \u003cbr\u003e\"Greenback\" looks at the dollar over the years as a form of art, a kind of advertising, a reflection of American attitudes, and a builder of empires. Goodwin shows us how the dollar rolled out the frontier and peopled the Plains; how it erected the great cities; how it expressed the urges of democracy and opportunity. And, above all, Goodwin introduces us to the people who championed-or ambushed-the dollar over the years: presidents, artists, pioneers, and frontiersmen; bankers, shady and upright; safecrackers, crooks, and dreamers of every stripe. It's a vast and colorful cast of characters, who all agreed on one thing: getting the money right was the key to unlocking liberty and the pursuit of happiness.\u003cbr\u003e\"Greenback\" delves into folklore and the development of printing, investigates wildcats and counterfeiters, explains why a buck is a buck and how Dixie got its name. Like Goodwin's \"Lords of the Horizons,\" another story of empire, \"Greenback\" brings together an array of quirky detail and surprising-often hilarious-anecdote to tell the story of America through its best-beloved product.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Henry Holt and Co.","offers":[{"title":"Greenback: The Almighty Dollar and the Invention of America | Jason Goodwin | Hardcover | 9780805064070 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks I 1790682","offer_id":68005358600344,"sku":"1790682","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/61AjcNczrbL.jpg?v=1794706108","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/greenback-the-almighty-dollar-and-the-invention-of-america","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}