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Great Cons & Con Artists : the incredible stories of the masters of deceit / Robin Langley Sommer.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sommer, Robin Langley.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Swindlers and swindling--History.
- Swindlers and swindling.
- Deception.
- Impostors and imposture--History.
- Impostors and imposture.
- Medical Subjects:
- Deception.
- Genre:
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Teacher, Stuart (donor) (Running Press copy)
- Physical Description:
- 128 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits (some color) ; 32 cm
- Distribution:
- Philadelphia, Pa. : Imprint of Running Press,
- Other Title:
- Great cons and con artists
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, Pa. : [Published by] Courage Books, 1994.
- Contents:
- Introduction: A Rogues' Gallery of Con Artists
- Chapter One: Hoaxes of Historic Proportions
- Chapter Two: Patent Medicine Men
- Chapter Three: Pen Names and Misnomers
- Chapter Four: Swindling as a Fine Art
- Chapter Five: Pseudo-Science
- Chapter Six: Famous Impostors.
- Notes:
- "Copyright © 1994 Brompton Books Corp."--Title page verso.
- "Cover designed by Toby Schmidt."--Title page verso.
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Running Press Collection copies 1 & 2 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Stuart "Buz" Teacher.
- Running Press copies have dustjackets retained.
- Running Press copies are "1" printing.
- ISBN:
- 1561384542
- 9781561384549
- OCLC:
- 31358321
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