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Mark Inside: A Perfect Swindle, a Cunning Revenge, and a Small History of the Big Con [Kõva köide]

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  • Formaat: Hardback, 304 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 241x164x29 mm, kaal: 576 g, Illustrations
  • Ilmumisaeg: 21-Mar-2012
  • Kirjastus: Random House Inc
  • ISBN-10: 0307272486
  • ISBN-13: 9780307272485
Teised raamatud teemal:
  • Formaat: Hardback, 304 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 241x164x29 mm, kaal: 576 g, Illustrations
  • Ilmumisaeg: 21-Mar-2012
  • Kirjastus: Random House Inc
  • ISBN-10: 0307272486
  • ISBN-13: 9780307272485
Teised raamatud teemal:
A narrative history of con artistry in America documents the early 20th-century efforts of J. Frank Norfleet to track down a gang of confidence men who swindled him out of everything he had, in an account that places con artistry in America against a backdrop of the nation's culture.

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.

Prologue 3(2)
One Confidence
5(19)
Two Benjamin Franklin's Disciples
24(17)
Three Cowboy Justice
41(16)
Four Humbug
57(21)
Five Double-Crossings
78(23)
Six A Small History of the Big Con
101(18)
Seven The Con Never Dies
119(15)
Eight The Making of a Confidence Kingpin
134(21)
Nine The Machine and the Sting
155(20)
Ten The Raid
175(22)
Eleven Pure Speculation
197(14)
Twelve The Showdown
211(24)
Thirteen The Mark Inside
235(10)
Acknowledgments 245(4)
A Note on Sources 249(4)
Notes 253(16)
Bibliography 269(8)
Index 277