"Broadway Racketeers" 1928 O'CONNOR, John Plates and sense of the absurd

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"Broadway Racketeers" 1928 O'CONNOR, John Plates and sense of the absurdO'CONNOR, John [255] pp. Horace Liveright 1928 7 3 4" x 5 1 2" Jacket design by Russell Patterson VG VG This is an amusing, light, and informative review of classic cons. New York in the early 1900s was awash in scoundrels and confidence men (and women) who took advantage of "suckers" for hundreds and thousands of dollars. O'Connor classifies the most prominent cons and the hucksters who played the game in this fascinating guide to the racketeers of