Charlatan : America's most dangerous huckster, the man who pursued him, and the age of flimflam /
Tells the story of the little-known Dr. John Brinkley and his unquenchable thirst for fame and fortune and Morris Fishbein, a quackbuster extraordinaire who relentlessly pursued the greatest charlatan of the 1920s and 1930s.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Crown Publishers,
[2008]
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Online Access: | Contributor biographical information Publisher description Sample text |
| Summary: | Tells the story of the little-known Dr. John Brinkley and his unquenchable thirst for fame and fortune and Morris Fishbein, a quackbuster extraordinaire who relentlessly pursued the greatest charlatan of the 1920s and 1930s. |
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| Physical Description: | 324 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-310) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780307339881 0307339882 |