From Nags to Riches - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook From Nags to Riches write by Alan Smith. This book was released on 1942. From Nags to Riches available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Yellow Kid'' Weil
Yellow Kid'' Weil - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Yellow Kid'' Weil write by J. R. Weil. This book was released on 2011-04. Yellow Kid'' Weil available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Bilked bankers, grifted gamblers, and swindled spinsters. Welcome to the world of confidence men. You'll marvel at the elaborate schemes developed by The Yellow Kid and cry for the marks who lost it all to his ingenuity - $8,000,000 by some estimations. Fixed horse races, bad real-estate deals, even a money-making machine, were all tools of the trade for the Kid and his associates: The Swede, The Butterine Kid, The Harmony Kid, Fats Levine, and others. Dozens of his schemes are laid out in full detail, told with wit and style. A fantastic, engaging read-you won't be able to put it down!Joseph Yellow Kid Weil was born in 1877 to German immigrant grocers in Chicago. He worked a number of odd jobs before executing a startling number of scams, primarily in the Chicago area but all over the world. He lived to be 101, and is said to have stolen over eight million dollars in total.I never cheated an honest man, only rascals. They wanted something for nothing. I gave them nothing for something.-Joseph Yellow Kid Weil.
Con Man
Con Man - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Con Man write by J.R. Weil. This book was released on 2004-07-13. Con Man available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The story of Joseph “Yellow Kid” Weil, a man who could—and often did—pull off scams to outshine The Sting. In his long career as a confidence man, Joseph “Yellow Kid” Weil swindled the public of more than eight million dollars and established the reputation for robbery and trickery. Always beating the police at their own game, “Yellow Kid” used phony oil deals, women, fixed races, and an endless list of other tricks to best an increasingly gullible public. One day, he was Dr. Henri Reuel, a noted geologist who traveled around and told his hosts that he was a representative for a big oil company—all the while draining them of the cash they gave him to “invest in fuel.” The next day, he was director of the Elysium Development Company, promising land to innocent believers while robbing them in recording and abstract fees. Or he was a chemist par excellence who had discovered how to copy dollar bills; promising to increase your fortune, he would multiply your bills—then take the booty once the police arrived. Originally published in 1948, here is Weil’s true and amazing story, with a smart and witty Afterword by none other than Nobel Laureate Saul Bellow, who profiled “Yellow Kid” for The Reporter in 1956. It is undeniable proof that “Yellow Kid” was the con man par excellence—the virtuoso scam artist, bar none.
Strangest of All
Strangest of All - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Strangest of All write by Frank Edwards. This book was released on 2016-11-11. Strangest of All available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Originally published in 1956, this is a collection of chilling true stories of occurrences that have baffled the best minds of the world. They include: —The bullet that lay imbedded in a man and waited twenty years to kill him! —The thief who was in two places at the same time: hypnotized on a vaudeville stage and at the scene of his own crime. —The defenseless, besieged town that won a great victory without firing a single shot. —The man who was horribly murdered by a clock! —The woman who proved she was buried alive by giving evidence after her death. ...AND MANY, MANY MORE
Animal Pursuits
Animal Pursuits - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Animal Pursuits write by Richard J. Atkinson. This book was released on 2012-11-16. Animal Pursuits available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The book is a fantasy about animals, containing a lot of trivia, facts, fantasy, and a myriad of pun aspects of the animals. What might happen if, after the destruction of the human race, animals took over? This is a tale about the malicious murder of a few animals and the resulting chase, arrest, and prosecution of the perpetrators. It is told by an elephant to his grand calves. The story covers the murder and the investigation by Chief Inspector Bobby Bloodhound and his renowned team of detectives. They investigate the ant colonies, the beehives, the ocean, the bird sanctuary, the farm, and the wild jungle. There is a chase, a capture, and a court case to follow. Many human comparisons can be made from the behavior and actions of the animals involved.
