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America's Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him, and the Age of Flimflam
by Pope Brock
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by Amy Reading
Published Feb 2013
Read ReviewsAmy Reading's fascinating account of con artistry in America and Frank Norfleet's wild caper invites you into the crooked history of a nation on the hustle, constantly feeding the hunger and the hope of the mark inside.
The Man in the Rockefeller Suit
by Mark Seal
Published Apr 2012
Read ReviewsA real-life Talented Mr. Ripley, the unbelievable thirty-year run of a shape-shifting con man.
by Morton Meyers M.D.
Published Dec 2008
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by Steve Salerno
Published Sep 2006
Read ReviewsSHAM shows how thinly credentialed "experts" now dispense advice on everything from mental health to relationships to diet to personal finance to business strategy. Americans spend upward of $8 billion every year on self-help programs and products. And those staggering financial costs are actually the least of our worries.
by David Sinclair
Published Jan 2005
Read ReviewsThe bizarre tale of a 19th century land swindle by 'Sir Gregor MacGregor', who conned hundreds of people into buying land in a country that didn't exist; a fact they didn't discover until they'd traveled half way round the world to Central America to claim their property.
by Frank W. Abagnale
Published Nov 2002
Read ReviewsA revealing look inside the predatory criminal mind from a former master of the con--the ultimate defense against even the craftiest crook.
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