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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.
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Empire of deception ...
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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
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Illinois
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Chicago
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Biography
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Lawyers
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Illinois
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Chicago
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Biography
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Capitalists and financiers
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Illinois
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Chicago
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Biography
.
Fugitives
from
justice
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Nova
Scotia
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Halifax
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Biography
.
Ponzi schemes
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Illinois
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Chicago
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History
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20th century.
Commercial crimes
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Illinois
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Chicago
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History
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20th century.
Chicago (Ill.)
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Biography
.
Chicago (Ill.)
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Social conditions
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20th century.
Chicago (Ill.)
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Economic conditions
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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
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Ambitions
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The law
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The gamble
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The dupe
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The big idea
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The syndicate
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The hanging judge
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The sting
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The confidence man
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The crime fighter
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The bubble
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The flight
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The smash
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The sensation
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The double life
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The victims
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The manhunt
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The alias
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The guide
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The hideaway
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The prince of entertainers
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The crime of the century
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The pariah
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The womanizer
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The trap
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The gang war
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The prisoner
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The return
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The confession
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The reckoning
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The final swindle.
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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.
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