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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"--

Item details

  • 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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Athens Regional Library System:
      Athens-Clarke County Library 		NONFIC 364.163 TELFER ( Send Text)
 31001004015435 NONFICTION Available
Clayton County Library System:
      Forest Park Branch 		364.16 TELFER, TORI ( Send Text)
 31012005806342 STACKS Available
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      Headquarters Library 		364.16 TELFER, TORI ( Send Text)
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      Central Branch 		364.16 TELFER, TORI ( Send Text)
 31018904751984 NONFIC Available
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      Northwest Branch 		364.16 TELFER, TORI ( Send Text)
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      Fayette County Public Library 		364.163 TELFER ( Send Text)
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      Griffin-Spalding County Library 		364.163 TELFER ( Send Text)
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      Nola Brantley Memorial Library / Warner Robins 		364.16 TEL ( Send Text)
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