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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Jobb, Dean, 1958-     Subjects     Koretz, Leo, 1879-1925     Swindlers and swindling -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.     Lawyers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.     Capitalists and financiers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.     Ponzi schemes -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century.     Securities fraud -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Swindlers and swindling -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.     Commercial crimes -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century.     Fugitives from justice -- Nova Scotia -- Biography.     Chicago (Ill.) -- Biography     Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.     Chicago (Ill.) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Jobb, Dean, 1958-       by title:      Empire of deception ...       by call number:      LP 364.163 J62e     Search the Web     Jobb, Dean, 1958-     Koretz, Leo, 1879-1925     Swindlers and swindling -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.     Lawyers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.     Capitalists and financiers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.     Ponzi schemes -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century.     Securities fraud -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Swindlers and swindling -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.     Commercial crimes -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century.     Fugitives from justice -- Nova Scotia -- Biography.     Chicago (Ill.) -- Biography     Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.     Chicago (Ill.) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.       MARC Display

Empire of deception : the incredible story of a master swindler who seduced a city and captivated the nation / by Dean Jobb. by Jobb, Dean, 1958- Call #: LP 364.163 J62e Subjects Koretz, Leo, 1879-1925   Swindlers and swindling -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.   Lawyers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.   Capitalists and financiers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.   Ponzi schemes -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century.   Securities fraud -- United States -- History -- 20th century.   Swindlers and swindling -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.   Commercial crimes -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century.   Fugitives from justice -- Nova Scotia -- Biography.   Chicago (Ill.) -- Biography   Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.   Chicago (Ill.) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century. ISBN:  9781410482259 (hc.) 1410482251 (hc.) Edition:  Large print edition. Description:  581 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references. Contents:  Our Ponzi -- Ambitions -- The law -- The gamble -- The dupe -- The big idea -- The syndicate -- The hanging judge -- The sting -- The confidence man -- The crime fighter -- The bubble -- The flight -- The smash -- The sensation -- The double life -- The victims -- The manhunt -- The alias -- The guide -- The hideaway -- The prince of entertainers -- The crime of the century -- The pariah -- The womanizer -- The trap -- The gang war -- The prisoner -- The return -- The confession -- The reckoning -- The final swindle. Summary:  "It was a time of unregulated madness. And nowhere was it madder than in Chicago at the dawn of the Roaring Twenties-- Enter a slick, smooth-talking, charismatic lawyer named Leo Koretz, who enticed hundreds of people-- to invest as much as $30 million--upwards of $400 million today--in phantom timberland and nonexistent oil wells in Panama -- When Leo's scheme finally collapsed in 1923, he vanished, and the Chicago state's attorney, a man whose lust for power equaled Leo's own lust for money, began an international manhunt that lasted almost a year. When finally apprehended, Leo was living a life of luxury in Nova Scotia under the assumed identity of a book dealer and literary critic. Dean Jobb is the author of Calculated Risk: Greed, Politics and the Westray Tragedy. A staff reporter for the Halifax Chronicle-Herald for twenty years, he is now a professor in the School of Journalism, University of King's College in Halifax, Nova Scotia."--Provided by publisher. Genre:  True crime. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Bedford Public Library Adult Large Print Nonfiction LP 364.163 J62e Adult books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList Woodlawn Public Library Adult Large Print Nonfiction LP 364.163 J62e Adult books Checked out Jul 06, 2024 Add Copy to MyList

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