The Counterfeit Prince of Old Texas: Swindling Slaver Monroe Edwards

Lora-Marie Bernard

The Counterfeit Prince of Old Texas: Swindling Slaver Monroe Edwards
Format
Hardback
Publisher
History Press Library Editions
Published
23 January 2017
Pages
146
ISBN
9781540214096

The Counterfeit Prince of Old Texas: Swindling Slaver Monroe Edwards

Lora-Marie Bernard

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.

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