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Reading, Amy.
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Norfleet, J. Frank, 1864-1967.
Swindlers and swindling -- United States -- History.
Hoaxes.
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Reading, Amy.
Norfleet, J. Frank, 1864-1967.
Swindlers and swindling -- United States -- History.
Hoaxes.
MARC Display
The
mark
inside
: a
perfect
swindle
, a
cunning
revenge
, and a
small
history
of the
big
con
/ Amy Reading.
by
Reading, Amy.
Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.
Call #:
364.163 R287m
Subjects
Norfleet, J. Frank, 1864-1967.
Swindlers and swindling -- United States --
History
.
Hoaxes.
ISBN:
9780307272485 (hbk.)
0307272486 (hbk.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
290 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-276) and index.
Contents:
Confidence -- Benjamin Franklin's disciples -- Cowboy justice -- Humbug -- Double-crossings -- A
small
history
of the
big
con
-- The
con
never dies -- The making of a confidence kingpin -- The machine and the sting -- The raid -- Pure speculation -- The showdown -- The
mark
inside
.
Summary:
"In 1919, Texas rancher J. Frank Norfleet lost everything he had in a stock market
swindle
. He vowed to hunt down the five men who had conned him. Armed with a revolver and a suitcase full of disguises, Norfleet crisscrossed the country from Texas to Florida to California to Colorado, posing as a country hick and allowing himself to be ensnared by confidence men again and again to gather evidence on his enemies. Through Norfleet's ingenious reverse-swindle, Amy Reading reveals the mechanics behind the scenes of the
big
con--a piece of performance art targeted to the most vulnerable points of human nature. Reading shows how the
big
con
has been woven throughout U.S.
history
. From the colonies to the railroads and the Chicago Board of Trade, America has always been a speculative enterprise, and bunco men and bankers alike have always understood that the common man was perfectly willing to engage in minor fraud to get a piece of the expanding stock market--a trait that made him infinitely gullible."--Provided by publisher.
Genre:
True crime.
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