Conned: Scams, Frauds and Swindles by James Morton, Hilary Bateson

Conned: Scams, Frauds and Swindles

James Morton, Hilary Bateson

256 pages first pub 2009 (editions)

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A racy, highly entertaining history of cons and conmen, this survey shows how the great, the good, and the bad—from Oscar Wilde to Al Capone—have fallen victim to the wiles of the trickster. To the many people who have been the subject of a con, t...

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