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The Erie Train BoyAlger, Horatio, 1832-1899enConduct of life -- Fiction; Swindlers and swindling -- Fiction; Railroads -- Fiction2008-07-16
The Confidence-Man His MasqueradeMelville, Herman, 1819-1891enSwindlers and swindling -- Fiction; Steamboats -- Fiction; Mississippi River -- Fiction; Satire2007-06-12
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 2Mackay, Charles, 1814-1889enImpostors and imposture; Swindlers and swindling; Stock exchanges -- Psychological aspects; Occultism -- Early works to 1900; Investments -- Psychological aspects; Delusions; Alchemy; Social psychology1996-11-01
Luke WaltonAlger, Horatio, 1832-1899enSwindlers and swindling -- Fiction; Conduct of life -- Fiction; Robbers and outlaws -- Fiction; Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction2008-07-17
Fame and Fortune or, The Progress of Richard HunterAlger, Horatio, 1832-1899enSwindlers and swindling -- Fiction; Conduct of life -- Fiction; Friendship -- Fiction; Orphans -- Fiction; New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1865-1898 -- Fiction2007-05-28
The Market-PlaceFrederic, Harold, 1856-1898enCapitalists and financiers -- Fiction; Nobility -- Great Britain -- Fiction; Swindlers and swindling -- Fiction; Stock exchanges -- Fiction; Jews -- Fiction2008-07-09
Bound to RiseAlger, Horatio, 1832-1899enFriendship -- Fiction; Conduct of life -- Fiction; New Hampshire -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction; Apprentices -- Fiction; Swindlers and swindling -- Fiction2004-06-01
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of CrowdsMackay, Charles, 1814-1889enThe Mississippi scheme -- The south-sea bubble -- The tulipomania -- The alchymists -- Modern prophecies -- Fortune-telling -- The magnetisers -- Influence of politics and religion on the hair and beard -- The crusades -- The witch mania -- The slow poisoners -- Haunted houses -- Popular follies of great cities -- Popular admiration of great thieves -- Duels and ordeals -- Relics.Delusions; Impostors and imposture; Occultism; Social psychology; Swindlers and swindling; Hallucinations and illusions2008-02-05




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