Empire of deception
the incredible story of a master swindler who seduced a city and captivated the nation
Empire of deception
the incredible story of a master swindler who seduced a city and captivated the nation
Book - 2015
"It was a time of unregulated madness. And nowhere was it madder than in Chicago at the dawn of the Roaring Twenties ... Enter a slick, smooth-talking, charismatic lawyer named Leo Koretz, who enticed hundreds of people ... to invest as much as $30 million--upwards of $400 million today--in phantom timberland and nonexistent oil wells in Panama ... When Leo's scheme finally collapsed in 1923, he vanished, and the Chicago state's attorney, a man whose lust for power equaled Leo's own lust for money, began an international manhunt that lasted almost a year"--Provided by publisher.
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| Barcode | Status | Material Type | CallNumber |
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| 37413315830135 | Доступно | Non-fiction | B-KORETZ JOBB |
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| Язык: | English |
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Chapel Hill, North Carolina :
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill,
[2015]
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| Редактирование: | First edition. |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Empire of deception : |b the incredible story of a master swindler who seduced a city and captivated the nation / |c Dean Jobb. |
| 250 | |a First edition. | ||
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| 520 | |a "It was a time of unregulated madness. And nowhere was it madder than in Chicago at the dawn of the Roaring Twenties ... Enter a slick, smooth-talking, charismatic lawyer named Leo Koretz, who enticed hundreds of people ... to invest as much as $30 million--upwards of $400 million today--in phantom timberland and nonexistent oil wells in Panama ... When Leo's scheme finally collapsed in 1923, he vanished, and the Chicago state's attorney, a man whose lust for power equaled Leo's own lust for money, began an international manhunt that lasted almost a year"--Provided by publisher. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Our Ponzi -- Ambitions -- The law -- The gamble -- The dupe -- The big idea -- The syndicate -- The hanging judge -- The sting -- The confidence man -- The crime fighter -- The bubble -- The flight -- The smash -- The sensation -- The double life -- The victims -- The manhunt -- The alias -- The guide -- The hideaway -- The prince of entertainers -- The crime of the century -- The pariah -- The womanizer -- The trap -- The gang war -- The prisoner -- The return -- The confession -- The reckoning -- The final swindle. | |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Koretz, Leo, |d 1879-1925. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Swindlers and swindling |z Illinois |z Chicago |v Biography. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Lawyers |z Illinois |z Chicago |v Biography. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Capitalists and financiers |z Illinois |z Chicago |v Biography. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Fugitives from justice |z Nova Scotia |z Halifax |v Biography. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Ponzi schemes |z Illinois |z Chicago |x History |y 20th century. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Commercial crimes |z Illinois |z Chicago |x History |y 20th century. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Chicago (Ill.) |v Biography. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Chicago (Ill.) |x Social conditions |y 20th century. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Chicago (Ill.) |x Economic conditions |y 20th century. | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Biographies. |2 lcgft | |
| 998 | |a 2015.05.19 | ||
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