Con Man: A Master Swindler's Own Story
- ISBN-10
- 0767917375
- ISBN-13
- 9780767917377
- Category
- True Crime
- Pages
- 334
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004-07-01
- Publisher
- Broadway
- Authors
- J.R. Weil, W.T. Brannon
Description
The personal story of Joseph "Yellow Kid" Weil, originally published in 1948, recounts his dealings as a confidence man who tricked the public out of more than eight million dollars through bogus oil deals, fixed races, phony investment opportunities, counterfeiting schemes, and more. Reprint.
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