Ponzi
The Incredible True Story of the King of Financial Cons
$27.55
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
23 March 2004
Summary
Just who was the man whose name has become synonymous with the classic “rob-Peter-to-pay-Paul” scam in which money from new investors is used to reward earlier ones? In December 1919, he was an unknown thirty-eight-year-old, self-educated Italian immigrantwith a borrowed two-hundred dollars in his pocket. Six months later, he was Boston’s famed “wizard of finance,” lionized by the public and politicians alike. Based on exclusive interviews with people who knew Charles Ponzi, lent him their mo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780767914994 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0767914996 |
| Author: | Donald Dunn |
| Publisher: | Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc) |
| Imprint: | Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Del |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 23 March 2004 |
| Weight: | 454g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 127mm x 19mm |
| Series: | Library of Larceny |
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Critics Review
No swindler in history has operated with more style than the legendary figure colorfully chronicled in this book”
No swindler in history has operated with more style than the legendary figure colorfully chronicled in this book” —Washington Post
Packed with details and color and yielding a narrative that flows as easily as that of a good pulp novel.” —Chicago Daily News
“Ponzi was superb at his game and following his financial twists and turns is lots of fun.” —San Francisco Examiner
About The Author
Donald Dunn
DONALD DUNN, a former longtime Business Week editor, lives in New York.
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