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The mark inside : a perfect swindle, a cunning revenge, and a small history of the big con / Amy Reading.

Reading, Amy. (Author).

Summary:

A narrative history of con artistry in America documents the early twentieth-century efforts of J. Frank Norfleet to track down a gang of confidence men who swindled him out of everything he had.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780307272485
  • ISBN: 0307272486
  • Physical Description: 290 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-276) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Confidence -- Benjamin Franklin's disciples -- Cowboy justice -- Humbug -- Double-crossings -- A small history of the big con -- The con never dies -- The making of a confidence kingpin -- The machine and the sting -- The raid -- Pure speculation -- The showdown -- The mark inside.
Subject:
Norfleet, J. Frank, 1865-1967.
Swindlers and swindling > United States > History.

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  • 5 of 5 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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