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The story revolves around Cassie Chadwick, a master con artist who skillfully deceived bankers into believing she was the illegitimate daughter of steel magnate Andrew Carnegie. By exploiting societal boundaries of class, education, and gender, she managed to swindle over 2 million dollars, a staggering sum that translates to around 60 million today. Her audacious schemes reveal the complexities of ambition and deception in a Gilded Age society.
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Greed in the Gilded Age, William Elliott Hazelgrove
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- Released
- 2024
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- Title
- Greed in the Gilded Age
- Subtitle
- The Brilliant Con of Cassie Chadwick
- Language
- English
- Authors
- William Elliott Hazelgrove
- Publisher
- RLPG/Galleys
- Released
- 2024
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 212
- ISBN13
- 9781538189405
- Category
- True crime
- Description
- The story revolves around Cassie Chadwick, a master con artist who skillfully deceived bankers into believing she was the illegitimate daughter of steel magnate Andrew Carnegie. By exploiting societal boundaries of class, education, and gender, she managed to swindle over 2 million dollars, a staggering sum that translates to around 60 million today. Her audacious schemes reveal the complexities of ambition and deception in a Gilded Age society.