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The E-Sylum: Volume 11, Number 15, April 13, 2008, Article 6 BOOK REVIEW: THE EXCHANGE ARTIST BY JANE KAMENSKY Anne E. Bentley of the Massachusetts Historical Society writes: "I'd like to recommend Jane Kamensky's recently published biography of Andrew Dexter, Jr. to your readers. It is truly a superb biography and anyone who collects obsolete bank notes will really enjoy the story. Titled 'The Exchange Artist: A Tale of High-Flying Speculation & America's First Banking Collapse', this is an extremely well-researched and written account of one man's manipulation of private banks to finance his real estate empire. "Kamensky has a definite gift for telling a story and, once begun, this book is almost impossible to put down. Even her end-notes are fascinating. Those readers who live in the Boston area may be able to hear her discuss her work at the Massachusetts Historical Society - we're working to schedule a visit. I'm hoping she'll bring the computer-aided design drawings of the Exchange Coffee House that she commissioned for her book -- an innovative approach to illustrate a building that disappeared ten years after it was erected, and the only way for modern readers to understand the scale and scope of Dexter's project. A pre-publication interview with Ms. Kamensky gives more details on her work." [Many thanks to Anne for bringing this book to our attention. -Editor] To read the pre-publication interview with Ms. Kamensky, see: interview with Ms. Kamensky, Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@coinlibrary.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum | |
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