Bibliograph

The counterfeit prince of old Texas, swindling slaver Monroe Edwards, Lora-Marie Bernard

Type

Label

The counterfeit prince of old Texas, swindling slaver Monroe Edwards, Lora-Marie Bernard

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The counterfeit prince of old Texas

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Lora-Marie Bernard

Sub title

swindling slaver Monroe Edwards

Summary

After Monroe Edwards died in Sing Sing prison in 1847, penny dreadfuls memorialized him as the most celebrated American forger until the turn of the century. With a bizarre biography too complicated for easy history, his critical contributions to Texas settlement, revolution and annexation were inextricably mired in his activities as a slave smuggler and confidence man. Author Lora-Marie Bernard unravels the unbelievable story of one of the most notorious criminal adventurers ever to set foot on the soil of the Lone Star State

Target audience

adult

Classification