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Greed in the Gilded Age : the brilliant con of Cassie Chadwick / William Elliott Hazelgrove.

by Hazelgrove, William, 1959-

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Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., 2022.

Chadwick, Elizabeth Bigley, 1857-1907.

Swindlers and swindling -- United States -- Biography.

Impostors and imposture -- United States -- Biography.

Hoaxes -- United States -- History.

9781538142905 (hc.)

xiii, 193 p., 4 unnumbered pages of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Greed in the Gilded Age is a Gatsby-esque tale of mystery, money, sex, and scandal. 'Millionaire' had just entered the American lexicon and Cassie Chadwick was front page news, becoming a media sensation before mass media, even eclipsing President Roosevelt's inauguration. Using these newspaper articles, Hazelgrove tells the story of one of the greatest cons in American history. Combining the sexuality and helplessness her gender implied, Chadwick conned at least 2 million dollars, equivalent to about 60 million today, simply by claiming to be the illegitimate daughter and heir of steel titan, Andrew Carnegie. Playing to their greed, she was able to convince highly educated financiers to loan hundreds of thousands of dollars, on nothing more than a rumor and her word."

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