Reader's digest scoundrels & scalawags ; 51 stories of the most fascinating characters of hoax and fraud.

The patriot who stole his country's symbol of freedom from Westminster Abbey; a clerk who took millions of dollars "investing" small sums for his neighbors; a dowdy lady who pretended to be Andrew Carnegie's daughter; the fascinating array of people in this book are of marvelous variety. The methods...

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Bibliographic Details

Language:	English
Published:	Pleasantville, N.Y. : Reader's Digest Association, [1968]
Series:	William G. Lockwood Collection of Romani Ethnology and Gypsy Stereotypes.
Subjects:	Impostors and imposture. Swindlers and swindling.
Local Note:	MSU: Copy 2 gift of William G. Lockwood and Yvonne R. Lockwood. MSU: Copy 2 in dust jacket.
Physical Description:	vii, 640 pages : illustrations (part color), portraits ; 20 cm
Format:	Book