Empire of Deception; The Incredible Story of a Master Swindler Who Seduced a City and Captivated the Nation
by Jobb, Dean
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 1443441082
- ISBN 13
- 9781443441087
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About This Item
New York: Harper Avenue 978-1-44344-108-7 [978-1-44344-108-7] 2015, 1st Canadian Edition. (Hardcover) 336pp. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. Photographs, notes, index. "It was a time of unregulated madness. And nowhere was it madder than in Chicago at the dawn of the Roaring Twenties. As Model Ts rumbled down Michigan Avenue, gang war shootings announced al Capone's rise to underworld domination. Bedecked partygoers thronged to the Drake Hotel's opulent banquet rooms, corrupt politicians held court in thriving speakeasies, and the frenzy of stock market gambling was rampant". Time Period 1920's. Locale: Chicago--Illinois; Nova Scotia. (True Crime, Con Artists, Swindlers, True Crime).
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- Bookseller
- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 153477
- Title
- Empire of Deception; The Incredible Story of a Master Swindler Who Seduced a City and Captivated the Nation
- Author
- Jobb, Dean
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1443441082
- ISBN 13
- 9781443441087
- Publisher
- Harper Avenue 978-1-44344-108-7
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 2015-05
- Keywords
- True Crime, Con Artists, Swindlers, True Crime
- Bookseller catalogs
- Law and Crime;
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