Kings of stings : the greatest swindles from down under /
In their highly entertaining and often shocking new book, James Morton and Susanna Lobez follow up their bestselling Gangland Australia by delving into the world of Australian con artists such as Mario Condello, Helen Demidenko, Christopher Skase, Brenton Jarrett, Peter Foster, Lola Montez and Fairl...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Carlton, Vic. :
Victory Books, Melbourne University Publishing,
2011.
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| Summary: | In their highly entertaining and often shocking new book, James Morton and Susanna Lobez follow up their bestselling Gangland Australia by delving into the world of Australian con artists such as Mario Condello, Helen Demidenko, Christopher Skase, Brenton Jarrett, Peter Foster, Lola Montez and Fairlie Arrow. Here are highly talented men and women and their tricks, including changing paper into banknotes, selling other people's property, faking deaths and forging paintings, promising miracle cures and impersonating aristocracy, preachers, military gents, lawyers and doctors. In fact, whatever it takes to separate the unwary from their money. |
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| Physical Description: | 408 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780522858594 (pbk) 0522858597 (pbk) |