Greed in the gilded age: [electronic resource] : the brilliant con of Cassie Chadwick

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서명/저자사항	Greed in the gilded age: [electronic resource]: the brilliant con of Cassie Chadwick / William Elliott Hazelgrove.
개인저자	Hazelgrove, William, 1959- author.
발행사항	Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, [2022]
형태사항	1 online resource
ISBN	1538142910 9781538142912
서지주기	Includes bibliographical references and index.
내용주기	Intro -- CONTENTS -- A NOTE TO THE READER -- PROLOGUE -- INTRODUCTION -- Ch01. THE TRIAL OF THE CENTURY -- Ch02. THE CHASE -- Ch03. THE IMMIGRANTS -- Ch04. A GENTEEL VICTORIAN TWIST -- Ch05. THE CAULDRON OF GREED -- Ch06. THE TOMBS -- Ch07. MRS. BASTADO -- Ch08. THE HIGH PRIESTESS OF FRAUDULENT FINANCE -- Ch09. LADY LIBERTY -- Ch10. THE GOOD DOCTOR -- Ch11. MADAME DEVERE -- Ch12. THE BANK FAILURE -- Ch13. HARD TIME -- Ch14. THE GOLD STANDARD -- Ch15. THE CARNEGIE SUBPOENA -- Ch16. THE DOCTOR AND HIS WIFE -- Ch17. THE QUEEN OF CLEVELAND -- Photospread -- Ch18. THE BROKEN MAN Ch19. SETTING THE HOOK -- Ch20. THE TRIAL OF THE CENTURY BEGINS -- Ch21. THE BAIT -- Ch22. SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST -- Ch23. THE SWITCH -- Ch24. THE WORK OF A SCHOOL BOY -- Ch25. THE GOOD PASTOR -- Ch26. GERONIMO -- Ch27. CASHING IN -- Ch28. A JURY OF FARMERS -- Ch29. AMAZING TIMES -- Ch30. A CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD -- Ch31. THE NEWTON LOAN -- Ch32. CLOSING ARGUMENTS -- Ch33. THE VERDICT -- Ch34. THE SENTENCE -- Ch35. THE BRILLIANT CON OF CASSIE CHADWICK -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
요약	"She might be one of the greatest con artists of all time. Cassie Chadwick conned millions of dollars out of banks by claiming to be the illegitimate daughter of Andrew Carnegie. It was a simple but brilliant con that reflects the ethos and the high-flying greed of the Gilded Age"--
해제	Provided by publisher.
주제명(개인명)	Chadwick, Elizabeth Bigley,1857-1907. Chadwick, Elizabeth Bigley,1857-1907. -- fast --
주제명(지명)	United States. --fast
일반주제명	Swindlers and swindling --United States --Biography. Impostors and imposture --United States --Biography. Hoaxes --United States --History. Hoaxes. Impostors and imposture. Swindlers and swindling.
분류기호(DDC)	364.1633
언어	영어
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