A Perfect Swindle, a Cunning Revenge, and a Small History of the Big Con
A riveting, masterfully told narrative history of con artistry in America and, in particular, of one rancher from Texas, who lost it all to the big con and set out to get his revenge. In the fall of 1919, when the legendary "Big Joe" Furey and his gang of con artists swindled J. Frank Norfleet--an honest, fifty-four-year-old, self-made man--of everything he was worth, they chose the wrong mark. Over the next...
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