The Rise and Fall of a Frontier Entrepreneur: Benjamin Rathbun, "Master Builder and Architect"

By Roger Whitman

Book Overview

Probing beneath the surface of Benjamin Rathburn's career to reveal the unsettling social and economic forces that the American commercial revolution unleashed, this work examines the collapse of Rathburn's empire, in 1837, amidst accusations of fraud.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815626940
• ISBN13: 9780815626947
• Release Date: June 1996
• Publisher: Syracuse Univ Pr
• Length: 241 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.0" x 6.5"