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My start in life was as the daughter of a notorious man. He was clever, had a brilliant mind, but used it badlyI disclose in this book the life of the man whom I loved every day of my life and who loved me tenderly, the life of my father, Victor Lustig. Betty Jean Lustig, 1982
The period after the First World War was a golden age for the confidence man. 'A new kind of entrepreneur is stirring amongst us,' The Times wrote in 1919. 'He is prone to the most detestable tactics, and is a stranger to charity and public spirit. One may nonetheless note his acuity in separating others from their money.' Enter Victor Lustig (not his real name). An Austro-Hungarian with a dark streak, by the age of 16 he had learned how to hustle at billiards and lay odds at the local racecourse. By 19 he had acquired a livid facial scar in an altercation with a jealous husband. That blemish aside, he was a man of athletic good looks, with a taste for larceny and foreign intrigue. He spoke ...
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Bedragare, sektledare och spioner. Vad är det som förenar dem alla? I alla tider har det funnits människor som har levt på att luras. De omnämns i religioner och myter och fascinationen för dem har alltid varit stor. Bedragarens anatomi förklarar kärnan i psykologisk manipulation och varför det är så lätt att bli lurad. Boken beskriver världens skickligaste bedragare och sammanfattar på ett humoristiskt sätt det mesta som har skrivits om principer för psykologisk påverkan. Boken förklarar hur man avslöjar bedragare, men också hur man väcker bäst väcker förtroende. På så sätt slipper läsaren göra samma misstag som den danske sagoförfattaren HC Andersen.
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Joseph Boeswald was born in Germany. He married Teresa Young in about 1835. They had four known children. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Kentucky and Missouri.