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  • Terry Williams and Trevor B. Milton
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The Con Men
This chapter is in the book The Con Men

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Acknowledgments vii
  4. Introduction 1
  5. One. Alibi: Portrait of a Con Man 27
  6. Two. City Cons and Hustles 45
  7. Three. The Con Crew 58
  8. Four. The Con Game as Street Theater 77
  9. Five. Petty Street Hustles 90
  10. Six. Canal Street as Venus Flytrap 114
  11. Seven. The Numbers Game 134
  12. Eight. New York Tenant Hustles 157
  13. Nine. A Drug Hustle: The Crack Game 176
  14. Ten. NYPD and the Finest Cons 200
  15. Eleven. Wall Street Cons 219
  16. Epilogue 241
  17. Notes 245
  18. Glossary 253
  19. Bibliography 259
  20. Index 265
https://doi.org/10.7312/will17082-fm

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Acknowledgments vii
  4. Introduction 1
  5. One. Alibi: Portrait of a Con Man 27
  6. Two. City Cons and Hustles 45
  7. Three. The Con Crew 58
  8. Four. The Con Game as Street Theater 77
  9. Five. Petty Street Hustles 90
  10. Six. Canal Street as Venus Flytrap 114
  11. Seven. The Numbers Game 134
  12. Eight. New York Tenant Hustles 157
  13. Nine. A Drug Hustle: The Crack Game 176
  14. Ten. NYPD and the Finest Cons 200
  15. Eleven. Wall Street Cons 219
  16. Epilogue 241
  17. Notes 245
  18. Glossary 253
  19. Bibliography 259
  20. Index 265
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