The Mark Inside : : a Perfect Swindle, a Cunning Revenge, and a Small History of the big con
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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.
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.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.
Year Published: 2012
Description: 290 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780307272485
0307272486
SUBJECTS
Swindlers and swindling -- United States -- History.