Robert Morris's Folly : The Architectural and Financial Failures of an American Founder

Robert Morris s Folly: The Architectural and Financial Failures of an American Founder Smith Ryan K. Wydawca: Yale University Press Data wydania: 2014 ISBN: 9780300196047 Liczba stron: 360 Format: 235 x 156 x 25 Rodzaj oprawy: Hardback Opis produktu: In 1798 Robert Morris - financier of the American Revolution , confidante of George Washington, recent US Senator - plunged from the peaks of wealth and prestige into debtor s prison and public contempt. Setting Morris tale in the context of the nation s founding, this title focuses on an essential yet nearly forgotten American figure.