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Canadian con artists / Lisa Wojna.
- Title
- Canadian con artists / Lisa Wojna.
- Author
- Wojna, Lisa, 1962-
- Publication
- [Edmonton] : Quagmire Press, c2010.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | HV6699.C2 W65 2010 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 255 p. : port.; 21 cm.
- Summary
- William "Canada Bill" Jones once proclaimed that it was "immoral to let a sucker keep his money." As a result, confidence men and women looking to make a quick buck find it easy to exploit the trusting and compassionate Canadian nature. Many have misrepresented, misguided and lied their way through some of the most convincing schemes ever pulled in Canada.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-254).
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction -- The Art of the Con --The Power Behind the Persona: Salim Mohammed Damij -- Smoke and Mirrors: Richard Bryan Minard, a.k.a. Bryan Allen Richards -- Playing Like a Rockefeller - A Man of Great Expectations: Christophe Thierry Daniel Rocancourt, a.k.a. Christopher Rockefeller et al -- It's Not My Fault: Klaus Burlakow, a.k.a. Patrick Burke, Timothy Michael Collins -- Show Me the Money: Cassie L. Chadwick -- Playing with fire: Alexander (Sandy) Keith, a.k.a. William King Thompson et al -- Turning Over a New Leaf: Nick Lysyk -- The Kind-Hearted Con Mn: Ferdinand Waldo Demara -- Notes on Sources.
- ISBN
- 9781926695068 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^2010399866
- OCLC
- 455790892
- SCSB-11273472
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library