A century of swindles [electronic resource] : Ponzi schemes, con men, and fraudsters

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서명/저자사항	A century of swindles [electronic resource]: Ponzi schemes, con men, and fraudsters / Railey Jane Savage.
개인저자	Savage, Railey Jane, author.
발행사항	Guilford, Connecticut: Lyons Press, [2021]
형태사항	1 online resource (viii, 250 pages) : illustrations
ISBN	9781493053698 1493053698
서지주기	Includes bibliographical references and index.
내용주기	Introduction -- They Call Me... Gordon Gordon -- Diamonds in the Rough -- Bad Blood -- The Magicians and the Princess -- The Three Trials of Betty Bigley -- Ways and Means -- If It Walks Like a Drake, and Squawks Like a Drake.
요약	"Between 1850 and 1950, lawlessness in America melded with ingenuity fueled by ruthlessness. Opportunity came knocking, and the unscrupulous answered the knock. The scammers in this volume range from Soapy Smith, the King of the Frontier Con Men, to the eponymous Ponzi. Fans of clever schemes and schadenfreude alike will be entertained by these tales of the rise and fall of some of America's greatest hucksters"--
해제	Provided by publisher.
주제명(지명)	United States. --fast
일반주제명	Swindlers and swindling --United States --History. Fraud --United States --History. Fraud. Swindlers and swindling.
분류기호(DDC)	364.1630973
언어	영어
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