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Item Information   Holdings     Author Notes & Sketches     Fiction & Biography     First Chapter Excerpts         Library Journal Review             Summary     Table of Contents       More by this author     Jobb, Dean, 1958- author.     Subjects     Koretz, Leo, 1879-1925.     Swindlers and swindling -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.     Lawyers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.     Capitalists and financiers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.     Fugitives from justice -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- Biography.     Ponzi schemes -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century.     Commercial crimes -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century.     Chicago (Ill.) -- Biography.     Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.     Chicago (Ill.) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.     Biographies.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Jobb, Dean, 1958- author.       by title:      Empire of deception ...         MARC Display

Empire of deception : the incredible story of a master swindler who seduced a city and captivated the nation / Dean Jobb. by Jobb, Dean, 1958- author. Subjects Koretz, Leo, 1879-1925.   Swindlers and swindling -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.   Lawyers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.   Capitalists and financiers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.   Fugitives from justice -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- Biography.   Ponzi schemes -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century.   Commercial crimes -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century.   Chicago (Ill.) -- Biography.   Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.   Chicago (Ill.) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.   Biographies. Publisher Info:  Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, [2015] Edition:  First edition. Description:  x, 336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm RDA Types:  text unmediated volume ISBN:  9781616201753 (hbk.) 1616201754 (hbk.) Contents:  Our Ponzi -- Ambitions -- The law -- The gamble -- The dupe -- The big idea -- The syndicate -- The hanging judge -- The sting -- The confidence man -- The crime fighter -- The bubble -- The flight -- The smash -- The sensation -- The double life -- The victims -- The manhunt -- The alias -- The guide -- The hideaway -- The prince of entertainers -- The crime of the century -- The pariah -- The womanizer -- The trap -- The gang war -- The prisoner -- The return -- The confession -- The reckoning -- The final swindle. Format Book:  Summary:  "It was a time of unregulated madness. And nowhere was it madder than in Chicago at the dawn of the Roaring Twenties ... Enter a slick, smooth-talking, charismatic lawyer named Leo Koretz, who enticed hundreds of people ... to invest as much as $30 million--upwards of $400 million today--in phantom timberland and nonexistent oil wells in Panama ... When Leo's scheme finally collapsed in 1923, he vanished, and the Chicago state's attorney, a man whose lust for power equaled Leo's own lust for money, began an international manhunt that lasted almost a year"--Provided by publisher. No. of Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Marion Public Library Top Floor 364.16 JOB Checked In Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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