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Empire of deception the incredible story of a master swindler who seduced a city and captivated the nation Cover Image Large Print Book

Empire of deception [large print] the incredible story of a master swindler who seduced a city and captivated the nation / by Dean Jobb.

Jobb, Dean, 1958- (Author).

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It was a time of unregulated madness. And nowhere was it madder than in Chicago at the dawn of the Roaring Twenties. As Model Ts rumbled down Michigan Avenue, gang war shootings announced Al Capone's rise to underworld domination. Bedecked partygoers thronged to the Drake Hotel's opulent banquet rooms, corrupt politicians held court in thriving speakeasies, and the frenzy of stock market gambling was rampant. Enter a slick, smooth-talking, charismatic lawyer named Leo Koretz, who enticed hundreds of people (who should have known better) to invest as much as

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  • ISBN: 9781410482259
  • ISBN: 1410482251
  • Physical Description: 581 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
  • Edition: [large print]
  • Publisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning, [2015]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
Act 1 -- 1 Our Ponzi 15 -- 2 Ambitions 35 -- 3 Law 55 -- 4 Gamble 61 -- 5 Dupe 73 -- 6 Big Idea 82 -- 7 Syndicate 90 -- 8 Hanging Judge 116 -- 9 Sting 130 -- 10 Confidence Man 143 -- 11 Crime Fighter 151 -- 12 Bubble 161 -- 13 Flight 178 -- 14 Smash 198 -- Act 2 -- 15 Sensation 209 -- 16 Double Life 222 -- 17 Victims 237 -- 18 Manhunt 254 -- 19 Alias 264 -- 20 Guide 275 -- 21 Hideaway 285 -- 22 Prince of Entertainers 298 -- 23 Crime of the Century 306 -- 24 Pariah 319 -- 25 Womanizer 328 -- Act 3 -- 26 Trap 343 -- 27 Gang War 356 -- 28 Prisoner 363 -- 29 Return 371 -- 30 Confession 388 -- 31 Reckoning 405 -- 32 Final Swindle 416.

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Koretz, Leo, 1879-1925.
Swindlers and swindling > Illinois > Chicago > Biography.
Lawyers > Illinois > Chicago > Biography.
Capitalists and financiers > Illinois > Chicago > Biography.
Fugitives from justice > Nova Scotia > Halifax > Biography.
Ponzi schemes > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century.
Commercial crimes > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century.
Chicago (Ill.) > Biography.
Chicago (Ill.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Chicago (Ill.) > Economic conditions > 20th century.
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