{"product_id":"9781849350525","title":"\"Yellow Kid\" Weil: The Autobiography of America's Master Swindler","description":"\u003cp\u003eBilked bankers, grifted gamblers, and swindled spinsters: welcome to the world of confidence men.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou'll marvel at the elaborate schemes developed by The Yellow Kid and cry for the marks who lost it all to his ingenuity—$8,000,000 by some estimations. Fixed horse races, bad real-estate deals, even a money-making machine—all were tools of the trade for the Kid and his associates: the Swede, the Butterine Kid, the Harmony Kid, Fats Levine, and others. \u003ci\u003eThe Sting\u003c\/i\u003e (1973), starring Paul Newman and based largely on the story of the Yellow Kid, is entertaining, but is no match for the real deal.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AK Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47165380264176,"sku":"9781849350525","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781849350525_p0.jpg?v=1763753550","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781849350525","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}