Queen of the con : from a spiritualist to the Carnegie imposter / Thomas Crowl.

"Queen of the Con tells the true story of Cassie Chadwick, a successful swindler and 'one of the top 10 imposters of all time,' according to Time Magazine. Born Elizabeth Bigley in 1857 in Canada, she first operated as Madame Devere, a European clairvoyant, and in 1890 was arrested for defrauding a...

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Main Author:	Crowl, Thomas (Author)
Corporate Author:	Kent State University. Press (Publisher)
Language:	English
Published:	Kent, Ohio : The Kent State University Press, 2021.
Series:	True crime series (Kent, Ohio)
Subjects:	Chadwick, Elizabeth Bigley, > 1857-1907. Swindlers and swindling > United States > Biography. Impostors and imposture > United States > Biography. Hoaxes > United States. Female offenders. Hoaxes. Impostors and imposture. Swindlers and swindling. United States. Biographies. True crime stories.
Genre:	Biography. Biographies. True crime stories.
Physical Description:	xiii, 284 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Variant Title:	From a spiritualist to the Carnegie imposter
Format:	Book