Bilked bankers, grifted gamblers and swindled spinsters: welcome to the world of 'confidence men'. One of the most infamous of all American confidence men was Joseph 'Yellow Kid' Weil. Fixed horse races, bad real-estate deals, even a money-making machine - these were just some of the tools used by the Kid and his associates to cheat people out of their money. In this captivating tell-all autobiography, he outlines each of his elaborate schemes.
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Bilked bankers, grifted gamblers and swindled spinsters: welcome to the world of 'confidence men'. One of the most infamous of all American confidence men was Joseph 'Yellow Kid' Weil. Fixed horse races, bad real-estate deals, even a money-making machine - these were just some of the tools used by the Kid and his associates to cheat people out of their money. In this captivating tell-all autobiography, he outlines each of his elaborate schemes.