Adventure Among Counterfeiters in the Midwest
A first person narrative recounts 1848 counterfeiting chaos in the West with Chicago as a hub. The detective tracks a New York forger Ned Willett and uncovers a tavern plot near a prairie outpost while testing and weighing suspect coins to prove authenticity.
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