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Charlatan : America's most dangerous huckster, the man who pursued him, and the age of flimflam  Cover Image Book Book

Charlatan : America's most dangerous huckster, the man who pursued him, and the age of flimflam / Pope Brock.

Brock, Pope. (Author).

Summary:

Tells the story of the little-known Dr. John Brinkley and his unquenchable thirst for fame and fortune and Morris Fishbein, a quackbuster extraordinaire who relentlessly pursued the greatest charlatan of the 1920s and 1930s.

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  • ISBN: 9780307339881
  • ISBN: 0307339882
  • Physical Description: 324 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Crown Publishers, c2008.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-310) and index.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-310) and index.
Subject: Brinkley, John Richard, 1885-1942.
Quacks and quackery > United States > History.
Physicians > Kansas > Biography.
Brinkley, John Richard, 1885-1942.
Physicians > United States > Biography.
History, 20th Century > United States > Biography.
Quackery > history > United States > Biography.

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Homer Public Library 615.856 BRO (Text) 000099277 Nonfiction Available -

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