Merchants of Deceit: Opium, American Fortune and the China Trade is a paperback book, 310 pages, with 40 illustrations, retailing at $27.95, on Amazon and other online sites, or can be ordered through your local bookstore. Commercial orders through Ingram.
Richard Friswell is a cultural historian, Wesleyan University Visiting Scholar and also author of Hammonasset House Books', Hudson River Chronicles, a fictional account of the life and times of the Hudson River School founder and painter, Thomas Cole; and Balancing Act, a series of essays on risk and reward, both available on the Hammonasset House site.