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The Con Game and "Yellow Kid" Weil: The Autobiography of the Famous Con Artist as Told to W. T. Brannon
Hardcover
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297 pages
Published
November 25th 1974
by Dover Publications
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Interesting account of underworld doings. If I had to summarize it in one sentence, it'd be this:
The Midwesterners of the early 20th Century were very, very stupid.
Lots of scenes and characters ended up in The Sting .
The Midwesterners of the early 20th Century were very, very stupid.
Lots of scenes and characters ended up in The Sting .
Interesting look at traditional con men and con games. Starts around the turn of the century and goes until the fifties or so. Fun read. Very informative. Good research tool if you're doing historical fiction. I recommend it.
In case your library doesn't have a copy, you can mostly likely find a pdf copy with a simple google search. Such as this one:
http://libsysdigi.library.uiuc.edu/OC...
Anyway, an interesting book to say the least.
It's a biography of Joseph Weil, an American con artist who was active from before the 20th century to a little past WWII. His story starts with his upbringing and his gradual realization that he could make money by various illegal activities.
He makes plenty of claims throughout the book ...more
Anyway, an interesting book to say the least.
It's a biography of Joseph Weil, an American con artist who was active from before the 20th century to a little past WWII. His story starts with his upbringing and his gradual realization that he could make money by various illegal activities.
He makes plenty of claims throughout the book ...more
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