Money

Description

Ever made a fast buck? How about traded cowrie shells for a bride or paid for gum with a $10,000 bill? This entertaining and information-packed miscellany explains our fascination with money and how it has shaped our world. Vintage photographs and artwork illustrate surprising facts, lists, and trivia about forgotten financial catastrophes and famous bank robbers, the history of bankruptcy and ancient money gods, wacky cash-related slang and get-rich-quick schemes for the ages. Witty and comprehensive, Money explores the one subject that really makes the world go round.

Harry Choron, a graphic designer, along with his wife Sandra Choron wrote The Book of Lists for Kids, which has been a perennial favorite of kids and parents alike. They also wrote 'Planet Dog', 'College in a Can', 'The Book of Lists for Teens', and 'The All New Book of Lists for Kids'. Sandra Choron is a writer, editor, literary agent, book packager, and designer. Among other works, she and her husband, Harry Choron, a graphic designer, wrote The Book of Lists for Kids, which has been a perennial favorite of kids and parents alike. They also wrote 'Planet Dog', 'College in a Can', 'The Book of Lists for Teens', and 'The All New Book of Lists for Kids', among other works.