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A native New Yorker, Daniel Akst is a well-known journalist who has worked at the LA Times and Wall Street Journal and now writes a monthly column in the Sunday New York Times. He also writes regularly for the Wall Street Journal culture pages, and has appeared in many other publications, including American Heritage, the Boston Globe, the Christian Science Monitor, Civilization, Technology Review, the Washington Monthly, and on both public radio and television. His first book, Wonder Boy (Scribners), chronicled the eye-popping ZZZZ Best fraud perpetrated by teenage entrepreneur Barry Minkow, and was named one of the 10 best of 1990 by Business Week. He is also the author of The Webster Chronicle published by BlueHen in October 2001.

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Average rating: 3.42 · 219 ratings · 70 reviews · 4 distinct works · Similar authors
We Have Met the Enemy: Self...
3.43 of 5 stars 3.43 avg rating — 162 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions
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St. Burl's Obituary
3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 1996 — 3 editions
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The Webster Chronicle
2.5 of 5 stars 2.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions
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Wonder Boy: Barry Minkow, t...
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1990
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