Flim Flam: Canada's Greatest Frauds, Scams, and Con Artists by Bourrie, Mark

Flim Flam: Canada's Greatest Frauds, Scams, and Con Artists

Flim Flam explores the world of Canadian white-collar crime, a place inhabited by hustlers, wild gamblers, and...
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Flim Flam: Canada's Greatest Frauds, Scams, and Con Artists by Bourrie, Mark

Flim Flam: Canada's Greatest Frauds, Scams, and Con Artists

CHF 24.44

Flim Flam: Canada's Greatest Frauds, Scams, and Con Artists

CHF 24.44
Author: Mark Bourrie
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Flim Flam explores the world of Canadian white-collar crime, a place inhabited by hustlers, wild gamblers, and crazy dreamers. It takes the reader to the Vancouver Stock Exchange, where dream salesmen have peddled wild stories of easy money, through the moose pasture scams of northern Canada, to the con artists who have been drawn to Toronto's financial district. Along the way, you'll meet crooked politicians, a young con man who confessed to a church congregation after he was born again, disbarred lawyers, and the creator of a huge paper fortune who was left with nothing but a wolfskin coat when his real estate empire fell apart.

Greed is a powerful motivator that has taken some Canadians down strange roads. Some have ended up pocketing millions, but many more of Canada's con artists have self-destructed, taking with them the fortunes of the people they bilked. In the end, they've usually fooled themselves, too.

Flim Flam shows that Canadians aren't nearly as dull as we'd like to believe. When it comes to conning each other, we have some of the most colourful and interesting hucksters in the world. This book contains stories from all regions of the country. It will appeal to business and true-crime readers, as well as people who are students of human nature.



Author: Mark Bourrie
Publisher: Dundurn Group
Published: 10/01/1998
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.35w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780888822017

About the Author

Mark Bourrie is a Parliament Hill-based journalist and author, specializing in legal issues and history. Three of his books, By Reason of Insanity, Ninety Fathoms Down, and Canada's Parliament Buildings have been published by Hounslow Press. He lives in Ottawa with his wife, writer Marion Van de Wetering.


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