GREAT HOAXES AND FAMOUS IMPOSTORS

by Wade, Carlson

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"Middle Village, NY": Jonathan David Publishers. 1976. Red leatherette in nicked dust jacket. Very good.. "239pp. This book about tricky connivers and their exploits is often more baffling, thrilling, and amusing than fiction. Carlson Wade proves, in this volume, that there is no limit to the ingenuity of con artists and no dearth of eager marks. Included are tales of a hoaxer who swindled millions by selling shares in a non-existent Panama oil well; about a man who talked to the dead for a price; a master jewel thief who masqueraded as society's king; a counterfeiter who nearly bankrupted major financial institutions of the world; a brilliant swindler who won his claim as the rightful owner of the state of Arizona, and many more."