Bibliograph

Greed in the gilded age, the brilliant con of Cassie Chadwick, William Elliott Hazelgrove

Type

Label

Greed in the gilded age, the brilliant con of Cassie Chadwick, William Elliott Hazelgrove

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Greed in the gilded age

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1260693755

Responsibility statement

William Elliott Hazelgrove

Sub title

the brilliant con of Cassie Chadwick

Summary

"She might be one of the greatest con artists of all time. Cassie Chadwick conned millions of dollars out of banks by claiming to be the illegitimate daughter of Andrew Carnegie. It was a simple but brilliant con that reflects the ethos and the high-flying greed of the Gilded Age"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Machine generated contents note:, 1., The Trial of the Century, 2., The Chase, 3., The Immigrants, 4., A Genteel Victorian Twist, 5., The Cauldron of Greed, 6., The Tombs, 7., Mrs. Bastado, 8., The High Priestess of Fraudulent Finance, 9., Lady Liberty, 10., The Good Doctor, 11., Madame DeVere, 12., The Bank Failure, 13., Hard Time, 14., The Gold Standard, 15., The Carnegie Subpoena, 16., The Doctor and His Wife, 17., The Queen of Cleveland, 18., The Broken Man, 19., Setting the Hook, 20., The Trial of the Century Begins, 21., The Bait, 22., Survival of the Fittest, 23., The Switch, 24., The Work of a School Boy, 25., The Good Pastor, 26., Geronimo, 27., Cashing In, 28., A Jury of Farmers, 29., Amazing Times, 30., A Conspiracy to Defraud, 31., The Newton Loan, 32., Closing Arguments, 33., The Verdict, 34., The Sentence, 35., The Brilliant Con of Cassie Chadwick

Target audience

adult

Classification