The Big Con: The Classic Story of the Confidence Man and the Confidence Trick
- ISBN-10
- 0712684107
- ISBN-13
- 9780712684101
- Series
- The Big Con
- Category
- Cant
- Pages
- 280
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Author
- David W. Maurer
Description
Offers the American lingo (the write, the rag, the pay-off, ropers, shills, the cold poke and the convincer) and indeliable characters (Yellow Kid Weil, Barney the Patch, the Seldom-Seen Kid, Limehouse Chappie and Larry the Lug). This title presents a study on the con artist and his game.
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