Empire of deception : the incredible story of a master swindler who seduced a city and captivated a nation / Dean Jobb.
In Chicago in the Roaring Twenties, a charismatic lawyer named Leo Koretz enticed hundreds of people to invest as much as $30 million in phantom timberland and oil wells in Panama. This tale of a brilliant con man, the Bernie Madoff of his day, is a fascinating account of a criminal and an era, and the methods of swindlers throughout history.
Electronic resources
Record details
- ISBN: 9781616204969
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 336 pages)
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2016.
Search for related items by subject
| Genre: | Electronic books. |
