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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Jobb, Dean, 1958- author.     Subjects     Koretz, Leo, 1879-1925.     Swindlers and swindling -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.     Lawyers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.     Capitalists and financiers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.     Fugitives from justice -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- Biography.     Ponzi schemes -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century.     Commercial crimes -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century.     Chicago (Ill.) -- Biography.     Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.     Chicago (Ill.) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Jobb, Dean, 1958- author.       by title:      Empire of deception ...         MARC Display

Empire of deception : the incredible story of a master swindler who seduced a city and captivated the nation / Dean Jobb. by Jobb, Dean, 1958- author. Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, c2015. Subjects Koretz, Leo, 1879-1925.   Swindlers and swindling -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.   Lawyers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.   Capitalists and financiers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.   Fugitives from justice -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- Biography.   Ponzi schemes -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century.   Commercial crimes -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century.   Chicago (Ill.) -- Biography.   Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.   Chicago (Ill.) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century. ISBN:  9781616201753 (hbk.) : 1616201754 (hbk.) Description:  x, 336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Edition:  First edition. Contents:  Our Ponzi -- Ambitions -- The law -- The gamble -- The dupe -- The big idea -- The syndicate -- The hanging judge -- The sting -- The confidence man -- The crime fighter -- The bubble -- The flight -- The smash -- The sensation -- The double life -- The victims -- The manhunt -- The alias -- The guide -- The hideaway -- The prince of entertainers -- The crime of the century -- The pariah -- The womanizer -- The trap -- The gang war -- The prisoner -- The return -- The confession -- The reckoning -- The final swindle. Requests:  0 Summary:  "It was a time of unregulated madness. And nowhere was it madder than in Chicago at the dawn of the Roaring Twenties ... Enter a slick, smooth-talking, charismatic lawyer named Leo Koretz, who enticed hundreds of people ... to invest as much as $30 million--upwards of $400 million today--in phantom timberland and nonexistent oil wells in Panama ... When Leo's scheme finally collapsed in 1923, he vanished, and the Chicago state's attorney, a man whose lust for power equaled Leo's own lust for money, began an international manhunt that lasted almost a year"--Provided by publisher.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Aina Haina Public Library Adult Nonfiction 364.16309 Koretz Jo Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 364.16309 Koretz Jo Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 364.16309 Koretz Jo Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kailua Public Library Adult Nonfiction 364.16309 Koretz Jo Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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