Swindler, spy, rebel : the confidence woman in nineteenth-century America /
One would not expect a police officer to describe a criminal as "remarkable," "well worth knowing," or "excellent." Yet some did when their quarry was a confidence woman. Blackmailer, swindler, or pickpocket: the confidence woman could take any form. Regardless of their...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Columbia :
University of Missouri Press,
©1995.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Confronting the confidence woman
- 2. The confidence woman in context
- 3. Types of confidence women in history
- 4. Autobiographies of confidence women
- 5. Literature : muting the voice
- 6. The writer as confidence woman
- 7. Stowe to Wharton : a bold move.