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Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man by David Maurer

Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man David Maurer ebook
ISBN: 9780385495387
Format: pdf
Page: 336
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

The confidence game described by David W. So there's two kinds of confidence: that of the con man himself, his clear understanding of the fundamental phoniness of his job, how every aspect of it is shrouded in lies, and how he himself is master of those lies; and that he falsely inspires in his Eugene McCarthy thought they were voting for Sen. That seems to come down from long ago. Dead hobo says: August 24, 2010 at 9:51 am. Sorry, I messed up the book titles. To James and Simon: “Seems like a dream. Even as it was coming off the press in 1940, The Big Con was describing history. Beth | February 8, 2010 at 10:06 am |. Very Loosely Based on a True Story: The story was inspired by real-life con games perpetrated by the brothers Fred and Charley Gondorff and documented by David Maurer in his book The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man. BR: I've mentioned this before, on the blog and elsewhere.