Books by Stephen Mihm

1. A Nation of Counterfeiters: Capitalists, Con Men, and the Making of the United States , by Stephen Mihm.  This book offers interesting tales of 19th century counterfeiters — an understudied topic — but it is too quick to slush together counterfeiters, capitalists, and Herman Melville’s The Confidence Man .  I read about 80 pages, some of you will wish to read more.