The Brotherhood of Money: The Secret World of Bank Note Printers

by Murray Teigh Bloom

365 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1983

About the author

Murray Teigh Bloom (1919-2009) was an author of fiction and nonfiction known for Last Embrace (1979) and History's Mysteries (1998). Other books include The Man Who Stole Portugal (1953) and The 13th Man (1977). He earned a B.A. and a M.S. from Columbia, and was a reporter for The New York Post in 1939 before serving in the U.S. Army beginning in 1942. He was a correspondent for Stars & Stripes from 1944-1946, reporting out of both Paris and Berlin. He was both a founder and president of The American Society of Journalists and Authors. He was the recipient of the 50th Anniversary award from Columbia University Graduate School Journalism in 1963, the Career Achievement award from the American Society Journalists and Authors in 1995, and a Columbia Journalism Alumni award in 1996.