J R Weil

Yellow Kid Weil

The Autobiography of America's Master Swindler

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Produktbeschreibung

Everywhere the Yellow Kid looks he sees money—too bad it's yours.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: AK Press
• Nabat edition
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 154mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 469g
• ISBN-13: 9781849350211
• ISBN-10: 1849350213
• Artikelnr.: 29941867

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS
1. EARLY ADVENTURES IN CHICANERY
2. CHICANERY IN CHICAGO
3. A TIP FOR MR. MACALLISTER
4. HOW TO BEAT THE HORSES
5. TWO UNWARY STRANGERS
6. FROM NAGS TO RICHES
7. GIVING AWAY REAL ESTATE
8. THE GET-RICH-QUICK BANK
9. RED LETTER DAYS
10. MILLIONAIRES AND MURDER
11. I TRIED TO GO STRAIGHT
12. EASY MONEY ON RAINY DAYS
13. A DEAL WITH FATHER FLANAGAN
14. SOME CREDIT - AND LOTS OF CASH
15. THE MAN WITH A BEARD
16. THE FARO BANK PAY-OFF
17. MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS
18. THE LAW CATCHES UP
19. MAGIC MONEY
20. THE HOTEL MARTINIQUE
21. THE LEAVENWORTH COUNTRY CLUB
22. THE COMTESSE AND THE KID
23. THE CASE OF THE REFUGEE
24. A PROPOSITION FOR A. HITLER
25. TRICKS OF THE TRADE
26. THE LITTLE THINGS COUNT
27. WHERE THE MONEY WENT
28. THE LAST WORD