Frauds, deceptions, and swindles /

America has always had its share of shady characters, deceptive schemers, and get-rich-quick swindlers who leave victims penniless and duped. Here, over 80 entries examine America's most underhand plots - and the dishonest men and women who created and perpetrated them.

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מחבר ראשי: Sifakis, Carl
פורמט: ספר
שפה:English
יצא לאור: New York : Checkmark Books, c2001.
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סיכום:America has always had its share of shady characters, deceptive schemers, and get-rich-quick swindlers who leave victims penniless and duped. Here, over 80 entries examine America's most underhand plots - and the dishonest men and women who created and perpetrated them.
תאור פריט:Previously published as part of The encyclopedia of American crime (2000) and Hoaxes and scams (1993).
תיאור פיזי:ix, 196 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ביבליוגרפיה:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0816044228 (alk. paper)