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Confident women : swindlers, grifters, and shapeshifters of the feminine persuasion Cover Image Book Book

Confident women : swindlers, grifters, and shapeshifters of the feminine persuasion

Telfer, Tori (author.).

Summary: "Why do we love stories about scammers so much? Journalist Tori Telfer dives into the stories of historical female con women and explains why we are so enamored by their scams"--

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  • ISBN: 9780062956033
  • ISBN: 0062956035
  • ISBN: 9780063065130
  • ISBN: 0063065134
  • ISBN: 9780062956040
  • Physical Description: print
    xiv, 336 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-336).
Formatted Contents Note: Introduction: Charming -- The glitterati. Jeanne de Saint-Rémy ; Cassie Chadwick ; Wang Ti -- The seers. The spiritualists ; Fu Futtam ; Rose Marks -- The fabulists. The Anastasias ; Roxie Ann Rice ; The tragediennes ; Bonny Lee Bakley -- The drifters. Lauretta J. Williams ; Margaret Lydia Burton Sante Kimes -- Conclusion: Confident.

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