Hustlers and Con Men: An Anecdotal History of the Confidence Man and His Games
- ISBN-10
- 0871311887
- ISBN-13
- 9780871311887
- Category
- Fraud
- Pages
- 372
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1976-01
- Publisher
- M Evans & Company
- Author
- Jay Robert Nash
Description
Anecdotal accounts of the most successful, most outrageous, and most expert scammers, flim-flammers, swindlers, and sharpers of the past two hundred years provide grist for Barnum's mill
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