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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Railey Jane SavagePublisher: Rowman & Littlefield Imprint: The Lyons Press Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.00cm Weight: 0.372kg ISBN: 9781493053681ISBN 10: 149305368 Pages: 258 Publication Date: 01 September 2021 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsRailey Jane Savage relishes language almost as much as she does her delicious characters, and her book travels swiftly through the ages in some top-notch storytelling. She struts that fine line between an enchantment with her swindlers' deeds and a skeptical independence that pins them in place with historical contextualization--an unbeatable combination. --Amy Reading, author of The Mark Inside: A Perfect Swindle, a Cunning Revenge, and a Small History of the Big Con Chiselers, cheaters, swindlers and their marks: This lively and witty survey of a colorful period of enterprising and audacious cons reads like a rapid-fire telegraph from another time. Railey Jane Savage's perspective is historical, but - one very real lesson from this entertaining and deeply researched book is that, as long as people want to get rich quick, there will also be enthusiastic schemers dangling dreams on a dime. The only thing that has really changed between those times and this ... are the hats. - Amy Dickinson, Ask Amy advice columnist, NPR contributor, and NY Times bestselling author of Strangers Tend to Tell Me Things Chiselers, cheaters, swindlers and their marks: This lively and witty survey of a colorful period of enterprising and audacious cons reads like a rapid-fire telegraph from another time. Railey Jane Savage's perspective is historical, but - one very real lesson from this entertaining and deeply researched book is that, as long as people want to get rich quick, there will also be enthusiastic schemers dangling dreams on a dime. The only thing that has really changed between those times and this ... are the hats. - Amy Dickinson, Ask Amy advice columnist, NPR contributor, and NY Times bestselling author of Strangers Tend to Tell Me Things Author InformationRailey Jane Savage is an editor and artist. She has an expensive English degree from Smith College, which has proven 100% worth the time, money, and agony that comes with a liberal arts degree. Savage loves her family and lives happily with two ill-behaved cats in Ithaca, New York. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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