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Women Swindlers in America, 1860-1920
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Women Swindlers in America, 1860-1920 Paperback - 2007

by Kerry Segrave


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Although female lawbreakers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were rarely considered dangerous criminals, there are many records of women participating in non-violent crimes including shoplifting, prostitution, and fraud. This work studies frauds and swindles perpetrated by women during that era, and offers character studies of several key female swindlers including Ann O'Delia Diss Debar, Mabel Parker, and Sarah Casselman, among others. Frauds covered include spiritually-based crimes (i.e. deceptive seances, "spirit writing") and love crimes (i.e. matrimonial racketeering), as well as "sob story" panhandling, counterfeiting, faking wealth, and pension fraud.

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  • Title Women Swindlers in America, 1860-1920
  • Author Kerry Segrave
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 244
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher McFarland & Company
  • Date March 26, 2007
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780786430390 / 0786430397
  • Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.91 x 6.35 x 0.57 in (22.63 x 16.13 x 1.45 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Library of Congress subjects Female offenders - United States, Swindlers and swindling - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007007482
  • Dewey Decimal Code 364.163

About the author

Cultural historian Kerry Segrave is the author of dozens of books on such diverse topics as drive-in theaters, ticket-scalping, lie detectors, jukeboxes, smoking and shoplifting. He lives in British Columbia.
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