Hornswogglers, Fourflushers & Snake-Oil Salesmen - Mayo, Matthew P
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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…mehr

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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, Missouläs 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. Visit him on the Web at www.matthewmayo.com.
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By Matthew P. Mayo