David maurer the big con book

David maurer was a professor of linguistics at the university of louisville until his death in 1981. The clipjoints are filled every night with marks who crave the tat, said one con man. The big con is maurers most popular and perhaps most important book. The story of the confidence man hardcover by maurer david w.

Shares insights from confidence men and swindlers on the schemes they u. The story of the confidence man paperback july 20, 1999 by david maurer author, luc sante introduction 4. Luc sante is the author of low life, an acclaimed account of new yorks underworld the memoir factory of facts. The story of the confidence man, and kentucky moonshine, and more on. The story of the confidence man by david maurer at indigo. His other books include whiz mob and kentucky moonshine. David maurer, the dean of criminal language ten years after its publication in 1940, the literary critic edmund wilson sent his thenfriend and future enemy vladimir nabokov a copy of the big con by david w. It was originally published in 1940 by bobbsmerrill company.

Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Its a long read, and a rather slow one, mainly due to unfamiliar terminology, but once you get into the flow of it, it picks up. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The story of the confidence man hardcover 978160675 by maurer david w. The story of the confidence man paperback or softback by maurer, david and a great selection of related books, art and. Of all the grifters, the confidence man is the aristocrat, wrote david maurer, a proposition he definitely proved in the big con, one of the most colorful, wellresearched, and entertaining works. His books included whiz mob and kentucky moonshine. Of all the gifters, the confidence man is the aristocrat, wrote david maurer, a proposition he definitively proved in the big con. The elaborate long con was also known as the big conused as the title of a 1940 book by the linguist david maurer, who studied con men and their slang. Maurer 1999, paperback at the best online prices at. The classic 1940 study of con men and con games that luc sante in salon.

If you gave one of them an even break, it would spoil his evening. The classic 1940 study of con men and con games that luc sante in salon called a bonanza of wild but credible stories, told concisely with deadpan humor, as sly and rich in atmosphere as anything this side of mark twain. A professor of linguistics who specialised in underworld argot, maurer won the trust of hundreds of swindlers. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Its a history of confidence games and con men, starting with the earliest cons and going through the 1940s, when it was originally written. Maurer was the author of whiz mob, which dealt with the argot and behavior of pickpockets, and the big con, a book published in 1940 about confidence men. Maurer was a professor of linguistics at the university of louisville until his death in 1981. The source material for it came from maurers correspondence, interviews, and informal chats with hundreds of underworld denizens during the 1930s. Maurer first published this book, long out of print, in 1940, when he could see the dynamics of this kind of crime rapidly changing and the world of the original con man fading he embraced that. Of all the grifters, the confidence man is the aristocrat, wrote david maurer, a proposition he definitely proved in the big con, one of. David maurer, the dean of criminal language crimereads. Discover book depositorys huge selection of david maurer books online. David maurer, a proposition he definitely proved in the big con, one of the.