Book Question

[sraun]

Anyone have a copy of American Eccentrics by Carl Sifakis?

The amazon.com page claims it's a hard-cover from Galahad Books, April 1994.

Does it have a write-up in it for Timothy Dexter? He apparently made fortunes shipping Bibles, bed-warmers, mittens & caps to Jamaica, shipping coal to Newcastle, and buying up all the whalebone in America. And did all of these at the perfect time. By pure luck.

Comments

[mizzlaurajean.livejournal.com]

I believe that Don Bailey used this book as the basis for a Toastmasters speech he wrote and gave...

davidschroth posting under laurafish's LJ account

[womzilla.livejournal.com]

Many available copies can be found through Bookfinder.com; the lowest current price is $3 US.