{"product_id":"yellow-kid-weil-j-r-weil-9781849350211","title":"Yellow Kid Weil: The Autobiography of America's Master Swindler","description":"\u003cp\u003eBilked bankers, grifted gamblers, and swindled spinsters: welcome to the world of confidence men.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou'll marvel at the elaborate schemes developed by The Yellow Kid and cry for the marks who lost it all to his ingenuity--$8,000,000 by some estimations. Fixed horse races, bad real-estate deals, even a money-making machine--all were tools of the trade for the Kid and his associates: the Swede, the Butterine Kid, the Harmony Kid, Fats Levine, and others. \u003ci\u003eThe Sting\u003c\/i\u003e (1973), starring Paul Newman and based largely on the story of the Yellow Kid, is entertaining, but is no match for the real deal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. R. Weil\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1849350213\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781849350211\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Nabat Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/22\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"J. R. Weil","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43984413720831,"sku":"9781849350211","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a5324af8-102d-440f-8de2-92f317912f7a.jpg?v=1683272176","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/yellow-kid-weil-j-r-weil-9781849350211","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}