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The Book Show #1648 - Tom Shachtman

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Joe Donahue
Published February 18, 2020 at 3:00 PM EST
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In the new book, “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.

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