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Title King Con : the bizarre adventures of the Jazz Age's greatest imposter / Paul Willetts.
Publisher New York : Crown, [2018]
Copyright ©2018
Description 349 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles, photographs ; 25 cm
Edition First Edition.


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BIBLIOGRAPHY Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-336) and index.
Contents The fake's progress -- Continental grift.
Summary "The spellbinding tale of hustler Edgar Laplante--the king of Jazz Age con artists--who becomes the victim of his own dangerous game"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Laplante, Edgar, 1888-1944.
Swindlers and swindling -- United States -- Biography.
Nineteen twenties.
Genre Biographies.
Other title Bizarre adventures of the Jazz Age's greatest imposter
ISBN 9780451495815
0451495810