Big Con

Hardcover, 304 pages

Published July 24, 1999 by Trafalgar Square.

ISBN:
978-0-7126-8410-1
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Ever wonder how people come up with all the snappy dialog and crazy names conmen use on tv? The writers read this. Nonfiction account of conmen and long cons in the early 20th century focusing on language. Very dated (especially racially) but fascinating still.

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Subjects

  • True crime
  • USA
  • Inter-war period, 1918-1939
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
  • American English