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Author: Thomas Crowl
Publisher: Kent State University Press
Imprint: Kent State University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.30cm
, Height: 2.20cm
, Length: 22.80cm
Weight: 0.470kg
ISBN: 9781606354292
ISBN 10: 1606354299
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 26 October 2021
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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General/trade
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Professional & Vocational
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
In this long-awaited biography, Cassie Chadwick finally gets the treatment she deserves as a world-class adventuress and one of the most successful con artists of all time. --Laura James, author of The Beauty Defense: Femmes Fatales on Trial Lizzie Bigley had reinvented herself several times before settling on what would be her 'legacy' as Cassie Chadwick, Queen of the Con. Thomas Crowl's delightful report of 'Cassie's Excellent Adventure' is spirited, engaging, and even hilarious in parts. --Virginia A. McConnell, author of The Adventuress: Murder, Blackmail, and Confidence Games in the Gilded Age An engrossing chronicle of the criminal career of Cassie Chadwick. By the time her epic financial shell game was exposed, she had fleeced shrewd businessmen, caused bank failures, destroyed the life savings of countless small investors, and earned the title of Queen of the Con. --George R. Dekle Sr., Professor Emeritus, Levin College of Law, author of The East River Ripper: The Mysterious 1891 Murder of Old Shakespeare Weaving meticulous research with first-rate storytelling, Crowl has written about an extraordinary con woman. --Jane Ann Turzillo, author of Agatha-nominated Wicked Women of Ohio and Wicked Women of Northeast Ohio
"""In this long-awaited biography, Cassie Chadwick finally gets the treatment she deserves as a world-class adventuress and one of the most successful con artists of all time."" —Laura James, author of The Beauty Defense: Femmes Fatales on Trial ""Lizzie Bigley had reinvented herself several times before settling on what would be her 'legacy' as Cassie Chadwick, Queen of the Con. Thomas Crowl's delightful report of 'Cassie's Excellent Adventure' is spirited, engaging, and even hilarious in parts.""—Virginia A. McConnell, author of The Adventuress: Murder, Blackmail, and Confidence Games in the Gilded Age ""An engrossing chronicle of the criminal career of Cassie Chadwick. By the time her epic financial shell game was exposed, she had fleeced shrewd businessmen, caused bank failures, destroyed the life savings of countless small investors, and earned the title of Queen of the Con.""—George R. Dekle Sr., Professor Emeritus, Levin College of Law, author of The East River Ripper: The Mysterious 1891 Murder of Old Shakespeare ""Weaving meticulous research with first-rate storytelling, Crowl has written about an extraordinary con woman.""—Jane Ann Turzillo, author of Agatha-nominated Wicked Women of Ohio and Wicked Women of Northeast Ohio ""A true crime biography that reads with all the inherent and fascinated interest of a deftly crafted novel."" —Midwest Book Review ""Well-researched [and] engaging…. Crowl offers an eye-opening and often amusing romp through a more innocent time, when trust was easily earned and just as easily abused."" —Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine"
Author Information
Thomas Crowl is an avocational historian who has published two previous books, Murder of a Journalist (published by Kent State University Press) and Opdycke’s Tigers in the Civil War. His articles have appeared in Timeline, Echoes, History Magazine, and the Central States Archaeological Journal.
