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Queen of the con : from a spiritualist to the Carnegie imposter

Crowl, Thomas

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Summary: "Queen of the Con tells the true story of Cassie Chadwick, a successful swindler and 'one of the top 10 imposters of all time,' according to Time Magazine. Born Elizabeth Bigley in 1857 in Canada, she first operated as Madame Devere, a European clairvoyant, and in 1890 was arrested for defrauding a Toledo bank of $20,000. In the mid-1890s, while continuing her work as a medium under the name...

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Publisher / Publication Date: The Kent State University Press 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.16 CRO

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