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The Resource The confidence man in American literature, Gary Lindberg
The confidence man in American literature, Gary Lindberg
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The item The confidence man in American literature, Gary Lindberg represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Boston University Libraries.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
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The item The confidence man in American literature, Gary Lindberg represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Boston University Libraries.
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- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 319 pages
- Contents
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- Promise land
- Shape shifting and self-reliance
- A solitary performance at Walden Pond
- 3.
- Tricking tricksters: survival in a confidence culture:
- Inside the gilded age: P.T. Barnum, Tom Sawyer, and Huckleberry Finn
- Diddling on a large scale: robber barons, snopeses, and V.K. Ratliff
- 4.
- "Something further may follow of this masquerade": contemporary conning:
- Playing for real
- 1.
- Faith on the run
- It's just a game
- "It is good to be shifty in a new country": assessments of America:
- Melville's The confidence man: duplicity and identity in a new country
- Poe's credentials: the confidence man as a new world artist
- 2.
- How to do it: making a self for fun and profit:
- Benjamin Franklin and the model self
- Making it: from Enlightenment to gilded age
- Isbn
- 9780195029390
- Label
- The confidence man in American literature
- Title
- The confidence man in American literature
- Statement of responsibility
- Gary Lindberg
- Subject
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- American prose literature -- History and criticism
- Civilization
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Escrocs dans la littérature
- Escroqueries -- États-Unis
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Melville, Herman, 1819-1891
- Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849
- Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 -- Criticism and interpretation
- American prose literature
- Swindlers and swindling
- Swindlers and swindling -- United States
- Swindlers and swindling in literature
- Swindlers and swindling in literature
- Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862
- Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Criticism and interpretation
- United States
- United States -- Civilization
- États-Unis -- Civilisation
- Prose américaine -- Histoire et critique
- Language
- eng
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1941-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Lindberg, Gary H.
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PS366.S95
- LC item number
- L5
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Twain, Mark
- Poe, Edgar Allan
- Melville, Herman
- Franklin, Benjamin
- Thoreau, Henry David
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo
- Franklin, Benjamin
- Melville, Herman
- Poe, Edgar Allan
- Thoreau, Henry David
- Twain, Mark
- American prose literature
- Swindlers and swindling in literature
- Swindlers and swindling
- Prose américaine
- Escrocs dans la littérature
- Escroqueries
- American prose literature
- Civilization
- Swindlers and swindling
- Swindlers and swindling in literature
- United States
- États-Unis
- United States
- Label
- The confidence man in American literature, Gary Lindberg
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Promise land
- Shape shifting and self-reliance
- A solitary performance at Walden Pond
- 3.
- Tricking tricksters: survival in a confidence culture:
- Inside the gilded age: P.T. Barnum, Tom Sawyer, and Huckleberry Finn
- Diddling on a large scale: robber barons, snopeses, and V.K. Ratliff
- 4.
- "Something further may follow of this masquerade": contemporary conning:
- Playing for real
- 1.
- Faith on the run
- It's just a game
- "It is good to be shifty in a new country": assessments of America:
- Melville's The confidence man: duplicity and identity in a new country
- Poe's credentials: the confidence man as a new world artist
- 2.
- How to do it: making a self for fun and profit:
- Benjamin Franklin and the model self
- Making it: from Enlightenment to gilded age
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- x, 319 pages
- Isbn
- 9780195029390
- Lccn
- 80029233
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)07176292
- (OCoLC)ocm07176292
- Label
- The confidence man in American literature, Gary Lindberg
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Promise land
- Shape shifting and self-reliance
- A solitary performance at Walden Pond
- 3.
- Tricking tricksters: survival in a confidence culture:
- Inside the gilded age: P.T. Barnum, Tom Sawyer, and Huckleberry Finn
- Diddling on a large scale: robber barons, snopeses, and V.K. Ratliff
- 4.
- "Something further may follow of this masquerade": contemporary conning:
- Playing for real
- 1.
- Faith on the run
- It's just a game
- "It is good to be shifty in a new country": assessments of America:
- Melville's The confidence man: duplicity and identity in a new country
- Poe's credentials: the confidence man as a new world artist
- 2.
- How to do it: making a self for fun and profit:
- Benjamin Franklin and the model self
- Making it: from Enlightenment to gilded age
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- x, 319 pages
- Isbn
- 9780195029390
- Lccn
- 80029233
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)07176292
- (OCoLC)ocm07176292
Subject
- American prose literature -- History and criticism
- Civilization
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Escrocs dans la littérature
- Escroqueries -- États-Unis
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Melville, Herman, 1819-1891
- Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849
- Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 -- Criticism and interpretation
- American prose literature
- Swindlers and swindling
- Swindlers and swindling -- United States
- Swindlers and swindling in literature
- Swindlers and swindling in literature
- Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862
- Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Criticism and interpretation
- United States
- United States -- Civilization
- États-Unis -- Civilisation
- Prose américaine -- Histoire et critique
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