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Greed in the gilded age : the brilliant con of Cassie Chadwick / William Elliott Hazelgrove.

Hazelgrove, William Elliott, 1959- (author.).

Summary:

"She might be one of the greatest con artists of all time. Cassie Chadwick conned millions of dollars out of banks by claiming to be the illegitimate daughter of Andrew Carnegie. It was a simple but brilliant con that reflects the ethos and the high-flying greed of the Gilded Age."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781538142905
  • ISBN: 1538142902
  • Physical Description: xiii, 193 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2022]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-185) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The trial of the century -- The chase -- The immigrants -- A genteel Victorian twist -- The cauldron of greed -- The tombs -- Mrs.Bastado -- The high priestess of fraudulent finance -- Lady liberty -- The good doctor -- Madame DeVere -- The bank failure -- Hard time -- The gold standard -- The Carnegie subpoena -- The doctor and his wife -- The queen of Cleveland -- The broken man -- Setting the hook -- The trial of the century begins -- The bait -- Survival of the fittest -- The switch -- The work of a school boy -- The good pastor -- Geronimo -- Cashing in -- A jury of farmers -- Amazing times -- A conspiracy to defraud -- The Newton loan -- Closing arguments -- The verdict -- The sentence -- The brilliant con of Cassie Chadwick.

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Subject:
Chadwick, Elizabeth Bigley, 1857-1907.
Swindlers and swindling > United States > Biography.
Impostors and imposture > United States > Biography.
Hoaxes > United States > History.
Genre:
Biographies.
True crime stories.

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