The deals seemed too good to be true, and they were. Of course, the lies themselves changed. Some tricksters offered get-rich-quick schemes or miracle cures. Others promised less tangible rewards — power, prestige, salvation. Advertisement But the results were usually the same. The people — often desperate, sometimes greedy — who thought they were getting something good got taken. And the con man got arrested. Grifters, Frauds, and Crooks: True Stories of American Corruption, by Richard Estep (Visible Ink Press) Richard Estep’s “Grifters, Frauds and Crooks: True Stories of American Corruption” lays it all out. It’s a history of American...
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