| Yellow Kid Weil: The Autobiography of America's Master Swindler Nabat Edition Contributor(s): Weil, J. R. (Author), Brannon, W. T. (With), Ruhland, Bruno (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1849350213 ISBN-13: 9781849350211 Publisher: Nabat Books OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - True Crime | Organized Crime - Biography & Autobiography | Criminals & Outlaws - True Crime | Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2010925757 |
| Series: Nabat Books |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.01 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Bilked bankers, grifted gamblers, and swindled spinsters: welcome to the world of confidence men. You'll marvel at the elaborate schemes developed by The Yellow Kid and cry for the marks who lost it all to his ingenuity--$8,000,000 by some estimations. Fixed horse races, bad real-estate deals, even a money-making machine--all were tools of the trade for the Kid and his associates: the Swede, the Butterine Kid, the Harmony Kid, Fats Levine, and others. The Sting (1973), starring Paul Newman and based largely on the story of the Yellow Kid, is entertaining, but is no match for the real deal. |