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03530aam a2200397 i 4500 001 FAA6192A687411ECB4C74B9543ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20211229010015 008 210407s2021 ohuaf b 001 0beng d 020 $a 9781606354292 020 $a 1606354299 035 $a (OCoLC)1245343864 040 $a YDX $b eng $c YDX $d BDX $d UKMGB $d KSU $d OCLCF $d OHT $d IOU $d SILO 082 04 $a 364.163092 $2 23 100 1 $a Crowl, Thomas, $e author. 245 10 $a Queen of the con : $b from a spiritualist to the Carnegie imposter / $c Thomas Crowl. 246 30 $a From a spiritualist to the Carnegie imposter 264 1 $a Kent, Ohio : $b The Kent State University Press, $c 2021. 300 $a xiii, 284 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a True crime history 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-276) and index. 505 00 $t Enchantress in her last home. $t Madame Devere, European clairvoyant -- $t Family troubles -- $t A clear forgery -- $t An unprincipled adventuress -- $t A most novel and unique defense -- $t Guilty as charged -- $t A sort of a business arrangement -- $t The greatest bull market in history -- $t Splendid business -- $t H. Clark Ford and the Oberlin College loans -- $t The Carnegie notes -- $t Frenzied finance -- $t Absurd! -- $t A most unpleasant duty -- $t Simply a sucker -- $t Chadwicked -- $t A noble thing -- $t A most dangerous criminal -- $t No artistic taste and no culture -- $t Enchantress in her last home. 520 $a "Queen of the Con tells the true story of Cassie Chadwick, a successful swindler and 'one of the top 10 imposters of all time,' according to Time Magazine. Born Elizabeth Bigley in 1857 in Canada, she first operated as Madame Devere, a European clairvoyant, and in 1890 was arrested for defrauding a Toledo bank of $20,000. In the mid-1890s, while continuing her work as a medium under the name Madame La Rose in Cleveland, Cassie met and married a widowed physician with a coveted Euclid Avenue address. At the dawn of the 20th century, Cassie borrowed $2 million (worth roughly $50 million today) throughout northern Ohio, Pittsburgh, New York, and Boston by convincingly posing as the illegitimate daughter of wealthy industrialist-turned-philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. When the fraud collapsed in 1904, it was a nationwide sensation. 'Yes, I borrowed money in very large amounts,' she told reporters, 'but what of it? You can't accuse a poor businesswoman of being a criminal, can you?' Carnegie, who never responded to the claim, merely joked that Mrs. Chadwick had demonstrated that his credit was still good. This meticulously researched book is the first full-length account of the notorious career of this fascinating con artist. Crowl's engaging storytelling also leads readers to consider aspects of gender stereotypes, social and economic class structures, and the ways in which we humans can so often be fooled"--Back cover. 600 10 $a Chadwick, Elizabeth Bigley, $d 1857-1907. 650 0 $a Swindlers and swindling $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Impostors and imposture $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Hoaxes $z United States. 650 0 $a Female offenders. 655 7 $a True crime stories. $2 lcgft 710 2 $a Kent State University. $b Press, $e publisher. 830 0 $a True crime series (Kent, Ohio) 941 $a 2 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010031321.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20211229010126.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=FAA6192A687411ECB4C74B9543ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search