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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/659769803 Title: Old West swindlers Author: Laurence J Yadon; Robert B Smith Publisher: Gretna, La. : Pelican Pub. Co., ©2011. ISBN/ISSN: 9781589808638 1589808630 OCLC:659769803

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Old West swindlers

Author:	Laurence J Yadon; Robert B Smith
Publisher:	Gretna, La. : Pelican Pub. Co., ©2011.
Edition/Format:	Print book : English
Summary:	Drawing attention to the role of America's bunco artists in the making of the American West, this well-documented history features a collection of sham transactions and fraudulent practices that would have made Charles Ponzi and Bernard "Bernie" Madoff blush.
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Subjects	Swindlers and swindling -- West (U.S.) -- Case studies. Swindlers and swindling. West United States.
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Genre/Form:	Case studies
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Laurence J Yadon; Robert B Smith Find more information about:
ISBN:	9781589808638 1589808630
OCLC Number:	659769803
Description:	303 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Contents:	Prologue: slick cons and smooth grifters -- Doc Baggs and some kindred spirits -- Elmer Mead: master of the magic wallet -- Relentless: the odyssey of J. Frank Norfleet -- Soapy Smith: the soap man cometh -- Lou Blonger: the king of Denver -- Dr. John Romulus Brinkley: the rejuvenator -- Patrick Henry: the Yazoo land grabber -- P.T. Barnum: godfather of the frontier swindlers -- James Addison Reavis: perchance to dream -- Philip Arnold: the diamond king and other mining grifters -- Dr. Richard C. Flower: a scandal at Spenazuma -- Albert Fall: the art of the bribe.
Responsibility:	by Laurence J. Yadon and Robert Barr Smith.

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Drawing attention to the role of America's bunco artists in the making of the American West, this well-documented history features a collection of sham transactions and fraudulent practices that would have made Charles Ponzi and Bernard "Bernie" Madoff blush.

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