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My adventures with your money : George Graham Rice and the golden age of the con artist, by T.D. Thornton
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- Summary
- "Today, we talk about Bernard Madoff, but in the early 20th century, they talked about George Graham Rice. Born Jacob Simon Herzig in 1870, he later changed his name - just as he would frequently change his swindles to make himself into one of the most colorfully successful villains in American history. T.D. Thornton now tells the story of Rice's life as it unfolded against the dark rise of American greed in the early 20th century. In the early 1900s, Rice made market-manipulation killings valued at billions in today's dollars by inventing fictitious boom towns in Death Valley and flagrantly exaggerating worthless mining claims throughout the West. As a shameless racetrack tipster, Rice cultivated a national following of 100,000 daily subscribers who paid for the privilege of being tipped to bet on hopeless nags.Vilified by securities regulators as the "Jackal of Wall Street, " Rice sparked riots in Manhattan's financial district by perfecting the art of "bucket shop" trading with the sole purpose of bilking the public blind. He was capable of pulling off everything from street corner rip-offs for pocket change to elaborately scripted gambling hoaxes, all while being vilified by old-guard profiteers like J.P. Morgan and befriended by gangsters like Arnold Rothstein.In My Adventures With Your Money, T.D. Thornton has given us a real-life version of The Sting with one of America's most colorful con men at it's center"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- 298 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250054371
- Label
- My adventures with your money : George Graham Rice and the golden age of the con artist
- Title
- My adventures with your money
- Title remainder
- George Graham Rice and the golden age of the con artist
- Statement of responsibility
- by T.D. Thornton
- Subject
-
- Biography
- Finance
- Finance -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- History
- Rice, George Graham
- Rice, George Graham
- Speculation
- 1900 - 1999
- Swindlers and swindling
- Swindlers and swindling -- United States -- Biography
- United States
- Speculation -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Biographies
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Today, we talk about Bernard Madoff, but in the early 20th century, they talked about George Graham Rice. Born Jacob Simon Herzig in 1870, he later changed his name - just as he would frequently change his swindles to make himself into one of the most colorfully successful villains in American history. T.D. Thornton now tells the story of Rice's life as it unfolded against the dark rise of American greed in the early 20th century. In the early 1900s, Rice made market-manipulation killings valued at billions in today's dollars by inventing fictitious boom towns in Death Valley and flagrantly exaggerating worthless mining claims throughout the West. As a shameless racetrack tipster, Rice cultivated a national following of 100,000 daily subscribers who paid for the privilege of being tipped to bet on hopeless nags.Vilified by securities regulators as the "Jackal of Wall Street, " Rice sparked riots in Manhattan's financial district by perfecting the art of "bucket shop" trading with the sole purpose of bilking the public blind. He was capable of pulling off everything from street corner rip-offs for pocket change to elaborately scripted gambling hoaxes, all while being vilified by old-guard profiteers like J.P. Morgan and befriended by gangsters like Arnold Rothstein.In My Adventures With Your Money, T.D. Thornton has given us a real-life version of The Sting with one of America's most colorful con men at it's center"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Thornton, T. D
- Dewey number
-
- 364.16/3092
- B
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- HV6692.R53
- LC item number
- T46 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Rice, George Graham
- Swindlers and swindling
- Speculation
- Finance
- Rice, George Graham
- Finance
- Speculation
- Swindlers and swindling
- United States
- Label
- My adventures with your money : George Graham Rice and the golden age of the con artist, by T.D. Thornton
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1621794
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- 298 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250054371
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2015029683
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1621794
- (OCoLC)898419048
- Label
- My adventures with your money : George Graham Rice and the golden age of the con artist, by T.D. Thornton
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1621794
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- 298 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250054371
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2015029683
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1621794
- (OCoLC)898419048
Subject
- Biography
- Finance
- Finance -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- History
- Rice, George Graham
- Rice, George Graham
- Speculation
- 1900 - 1999
- Swindlers and swindling
- Swindlers and swindling -- United States -- Biography
- United States
- Speculation -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Biographies
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