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Yellow Kid Weil: The Autobiography of America's Master Swindler

Yellow Kid Weil: The Autobiography of America's Master Swindler - Paperback

by J. R. Weil
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Availability:In StockContributor:J. R. Weil, W. T. Brannon (With), Bruno Ruhland (Foreword by)Series:Nabat BooksPublish date:2011-02-22Pages:352
Language:EnglishPublisher:Nabat BooksISBN-13:9781849350211ISBN-10:1849350213UPC:9781849350211Book Category:True Crime, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Organized Crime, Criminals & Outlaws, Con Artists, Hoaxes & DeceptionsSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 0.80 inchesWeight:1.0119Product ID:SCTEB6FE2G

Bilked bankers, grifted gamblers, and swindled spinsters: welcome to the world of confidence men.

You'll marvel at the elaborate schemes developed by The Yellow Kid and cry for the marks who lost it all to his ingenuity--$8,000,000 by some estimations. Fixed horse races, bad real-estate deals, even a money-making machine--all were tools of the trade for the Kid and his associates: the Swede, the Butterine Kid, the Harmony Kid, Fats Levine, and others. The Sting (1973), starring Paul Newman and based largely on the story of the Yellow Kid, is entertaining, but is no match for the real deal.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Nabat BooksISBN-13:9781849350211ISBN-10:1849350213UPC:9781849350211Book Category:True Crime, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Organized Crime, Criminals & Outlaws, Con Artists, Hoaxes & DeceptionsSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 0.80 inchesWeight:1.0119Product ID:SCTEB6FE2G
J.R. Weil: J.R. "Yellow Kid" Weil (1875-1976) was a successful confidence man working mainly out of the Chicago area. His elaborate schemes, however, took him all over the world.

W.T. Brannon: W.T. Brannon was a St. Petersburg, Florida-based journalist. He passed away in 1981.

Bruno Ruhland: Bruno Ruhland is the editor of AK Press's Nabat Series. He's a veteran of the Bay Area book world. Bruno is a long time employee of Moe's Books in Berkeley and the Bound Together book collective in San Francisco.


Publisher: Nabat Books

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Nabat Edition

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J. R. Weil, W. T. Brannon (With), Bruno Ruhland (Foreword by)

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J. R. Weil

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