Hornswogglers, Fourflushers & Snake-Oil Salesmen True Tales of the Old West's Sleaziest Swindlers
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Sprache:Englisch
19,99 €
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Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
04.08.2015
Abbildungen
22 Illustrations including: - 22 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs., Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert, Raster,schwarz-weiss
Verlag
BloomsburySeitenzahl
320
Maße (L/B/H)
22,8/15,4/1,7 cm
Gewicht
408 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-7627-8965-8
Watch your wallets and keep an eye on your keys! It's a slippery collection of tales of the Old West's sleaziest Swindlers ... and they're all true! No, really.... From the raw, paint-peeling alcohol of cure-all elixirs to con-artist carpetbaggers with satchels full of shoddy goods to sleight-of-hand card sharps whose wasted outward appearance belied nimble minds and adroit fingers, the Old West teemed with shady characters out for a quick buck and a good time before disappearing to another cow town ripe for the plucking. Like everyone who headed out West, these rascals sought a better life-without having to work too hard for it. The true tales of their cunning and larceny, and their eventual comeuppance, make for riveting reading.... Read about: ¿ Death Valley Scotty, who conned millionaires into investing in his imaginary gold mines! ¿ Ned Buntline, best-selling author, womanizer, inebriated Temperance leader, and lynching survivor! ¿ James Addison Peralta-Reavis who claimed 12-million acres of Arizona and New Mexico under his Old Spanish Land Grant! ¿ Mary Gleim, Missoula's Wickedest Woman, who murdered rivals, attacked priests, and cheated her prostitutes out of their wages! ¿ Clark Stanley, self-proclaimed "Rattle-Snake King," whose Snake Oil was nothing more than mineral oil! ¿ George H. Devol, King of the Riverboat Gamblers, who liked a good fight as much as he liked a stacked deck! ¿ And many, many more! Matthew P. Mayo is a Spur Award-winning writer whose many books include the novels Winters' War; Wrong Town; Hot Lead, Cold Heart; Dead Man's Ranch; Tucker's Reckoning; The Hunted, and many others. His non-fiction works include Cowboys, Mountain Men & Grizzly Bears; Bootleggers, Lobstermen & Lumberjacks; Sourdoughs, Claim Jumpers & Dry Gulchers; Haunted Old West; Jerks in New England History, and more. He roves the highways and byways of North America with his wife, photographer Jennifer Smith-Mayo, in search of high adventure, hot coffee, and tasty whiskey.
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