King Con : the bizarre adventures of the Jazz Age's greatest impostor / Paul Willetts.
King Con : the bizarre adventures of the Jazz Age's greatest impostor / Paul Willetts.
King Con : the bizarre adventures of the Jazz Age's greatest impostor / Paul Willetts.
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Publisher
New York : Crown, [2018]
Call Numbers
G 2019/1819
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
349 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
The fake's progress -- Continental grift.
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Crown, [2018]
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2018]
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Summary
1917. Edgar Laplante, a smalltime grifter, vaudeville performer, and charmer, decided to undertake the most demanding and bravura performance of his life. He reinvented himself as Chief White Elk: war hero, sports star, civil rights campaigner, Cherokee nation leader-- and total fraud. Dressed in buckskins and a feathered headdress and traveling th...
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Full title
King Con : the bizarre adventures of the Jazz Age's greatest impostor / Paul Willetts.
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General note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-336) and index.
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Call Numbers
G 2019/1819
Record Identifier
74VKVBLlQjjO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVBLlQjjO
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ISBN
9780451495815 hardcover
0451495810 hardcover
DDC
364.163092 B
MMS ID
991024240315402626
