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Confident women : swindlers, grifters, and shapeshifters of the feminine persuasion
Author
Title
Confident women : swindlers, grifters, and shapeshifters of the feminine persuasion / Tori Telfer.
ISBN
9780062956033
0062956035
9780063065130
0063065134
9780062956040
Edition
First edition.
Publication
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
Physical Description
xiv, 336 pages ; 24 cm.
Summary
"Why do we love stories about scammers so much? Journalist Tori Telfer dives into the stories of historical female con women and explains why we are so enamored by their scams"-- Provided by publisher.
The art of the con has a long and venerable tradition, and its female practitioners are some of the best-- or worst. Telfer introduces us to a host of lady swindlers whose scams ranged from the outrageous to the deadly. Among them: In 1700s Paris, Jeanne de Saint-Rémy scammed the royal jewelers out of a necklace made from six hundred and forty-seven diamonds by pretending she was best friends with Queen Marie Antoinette. Cassie Chadwick got banks to loan her upwards of $40,000 by telling people she was Andrew Carnegie's illegitimate daughter. In the 1970s teenager Roxie Ann Rice scammed the entire NFL. And the scams continue.... -- adapted from jacket.
Other formats
Online version: Telfer, Tori, Confident women New York : HarperCollins, 2021.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 18, 2021
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-336).
Contents
Introduction: Charming
The glitterati. Jeanne de Saint-Rémy ; Cassie Chadwick ; Wang Ti
The seers. The spiritualists ; Fu Futtam ; Rose Marks
The fabulists. The Anastasias ; Roxie Ann Rice ; The tragediennes ; Bonny Lee Bakley
The drifters. Lauretta J. Williams ; Margaret Lydia Burton Sante Kimes
Conclusion: Confident.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Biographies.
Biographies.
True crime stories.
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