"Yellow Kid" Weil: The Autobiography of America's Master Swindler
- ISBN-10
- 1849350213
- ISBN-13
- 9781849350211
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 296
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011
- Publisher
- AK Press
- Author
- J. R. Weil
Description
Everywhere the Yellow Kid looks he sees money—too bad it's yours.
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- 2011-02-22
- 352 pages
- Ebook
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- 2017-10-18
- 318 pages
- Paperback
- Forgotten Books
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- 2017-01-22
- 320 pages
- Paperback
- Forgotten Books
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