From the Gilded Age through WWII, America was rife with ne\'er-do-wells on a never-ending search for the next big score.
With an English degree from Smith College, she splits her time between writing and editing..
About author(s): Railey Jane Savage lives and works in Ithaca, NY, where her abiding love for history\'s forgotten moments - swindles, or otherwise - grows against the dramatic background of the Finger Lakes.
Fans of clever Schemes and schadenfreude alike will be entertained by these tales of the rise and fall of some of America\'s greatest swindlers.
The scammers in this volume range from the undeniably unscrupulous, to the ill and ill-advised.
Fake diamond fields? War with Canada? Sir Francis Drake\'s unclaimed fortune? Apparently, all was fair in the quest for something-for-nothing.
The gall and gumption of their hustles strain credulity.
The perfect conditions for swindlers.
Between 1850 and 1950 lawlessness melded with ingenuity, fueled by optimism and ruthlessness: America was dangerous, buzzing, and where opportunity came to take flight.
From the Gilded Age through WWII, America was rife with ne\'er-do-wells on a never-ending search for the next big score
