Pranks, Dirty Tricks & Bar Games, Corrupt Business Practices, White Collar & Nonviolent Crime
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Overview
More than eighty entries in this fascinating book examine America's most underhanded plots-and the dishonest men and women who created and perpetrated them. Detailed and captivating coverage includes schemes and frauds such as accident faking, cash machine rackets, the Gold Brick swindle, Lord Gordon-Gordon, Charles Ponzi, the Spanish Prisoner, and much more.Editorials
Booknews
Some 150 entries describe petty swindles, large-scale deceptions, and the dishonest men and women who perpetrated them, from street swindles such as check passing and the shell game, to televangelist Reverend Jim Bakker and con man "Count" Victor Lustig, who twice "sold" the Eiffel Tower. Entries are drawn from (Facts on File, 2000) and (Facts on File, 1993). Sifakis is a former wire service and newspaper crime reporter. He has written encyclopedias of crime and assassinations. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
July 31, 2001
Publisher
New York : Checkmark Books, c2001.
Pages
208
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780816044221