NATION OF COUNTERFEITERS AUTHOR STEPHEN MIHM ON BOOKTV Publique Deposited
The E-Sylum: Volume 10, Number 44, October 28, 2007, Article 21
NATION OF COUNTERFEITERS AUTHOR STEPHEN MIHM ON BOOKTV
On October 7 we published a review by Richard Doty of the
new book 'A Nation of Counterfeiters: Con Men, and the Making
of the United States' by University of Georgia history
professor Stephen Mihm.Harry Waterson writes: "C-SPAN 2 is BookTV on weekends,
and this last weekend they ran a 1 hour, 10 minute presentation
about early banknotes by Mr. Mihm. They are rerunning it this
week at BookTV.Org as a streaming video. I found it fascinating
and recommend it to your readers, although it may not be
available for long."[My copy of the new book arrived in the mail last week,
and it looks like a wonderful read. The BookTV episode
is a recording of a talk Mimh gave at the Library Company
of Philadelphia. Although he illustrated his talk with
slides, these do not show up well in the video. Still,
it's an enlightening presentation even for those of us
already familiar with obsolete currency and counterfeiting.
Click the red "Watch" button on the page (RealPlayer required).
-Editor]To view the BookTV program with Stephen Mihm, see:
BOOK REVIEW: STEPHEN MIHM'S NATION OF COUNTERFEITERS
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