Greed in the gilded age : the brilliant con of Cassie Chadwick
(2022)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
364.16/HAZELGROVE,W
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2022]
DESCRIPTION
xiii, 193 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781538142905, 1538142902 :, 1538142902, 9781538142905
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
"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."--