Reader's digest Scoundrels & scalawags; 51 stories of the most fascinating characters of hoax and fraud.
Scoundrels & scalawags Scoundrels and scalawags
- Pleasantville, N.Y., Reader's Digest Association [1968]
- vii, 640 pages illustrations (some color), portraits 20 cm
On spine: Scoundrels & scalawags. "Shatouni the Magnificent" by Rouben Mamoulian, p. 188-193.
The patriot who stole his country's symbol of freedom from Westminster Abbey; a clerk who took millions of dollars "investing" small sums for his neighbors; a dowdy lady who pretended to be Andrew Carnegie's daughter; the fascinating array of people in this book are of marvelous variety. The methods and motivations of these legendary characters are far more intriguing than fiction.
68018955
(AMICUS)000001800815
Impostors and imposture.
Swindlers and swindling.
Impostors and imposture.
Swindlers and swindling.
HV6751 / .R4
364.16/3/08
On spine: Scoundrels & scalawags. "Shatouni the Magnificent" by Rouben Mamoulian, p. 188-193.
The patriot who stole his country's symbol of freedom from Westminster Abbey; a clerk who took millions of dollars "investing" small sums for his neighbors; a dowdy lady who pretended to be Andrew Carnegie's daughter; the fascinating array of people in this book are of marvelous variety. The methods and motivations of these legendary characters are far more intriguing than fiction.
68018955
(AMICUS)000001800815
Impostors and imposture.
Swindlers and swindling.
Impostors and imposture.
Swindlers and swindling.
HV6751 / .R4
364.16/3/08