The con game and "Yellow Kid" Weil
About this book
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—all were tools of the trade for the Kid and his associates: the Swede, the Butterine Kid, the Harmony Kid, Fats Levine, and others. The Sting (1973), starring Paul Newman and based largely on the story of the Yellow Kid, is entertaining, but is no match for the real deal.
Reader Profile
4.0/5 · 13 readers · 297 pages · ≈ 5 h 30 m · Challenging
How long does it take to read The con game and "Yellow Kid" Weil?
About ≈ 5 h 30 m — 297 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is The con game and "Yellow Kid" Weil?
297 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is The con game and "Yellow Kid" Weil?
It sits on the True Crime, Biography & Memoir shelves.
Is The con game and "Yellow Kid" Weil in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who wrote The con game and "Yellow Kid" Weil?
J. R. Weil.