The Right Way To Do Wrong

This is a fun book to read. Great stories about pickpockets, burglars, bunco men, thiefs, and others. Houdini collected interesting cases talking to detectives, and police chiefs. The book describes the methods used to scam innocent victims. Some of these schemes are still popular, which shows again, that one can learn a lot from the past.

published 1906 by Harry Houdini, Boston MA; later reprinted by Gamblers Book Club, Las Vegas; 96 pages

Table of Contents

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3. Preface
7. Shot One - Income of a Criminal
12. Shot Two - Professional Burglary
19. Shot Three - Difficulties of Burglary
25. Shot Four - Burglars's Superstitions
30. Shot Five - Thieves and Their Tricks
35. Shot Six - The Aristocrat of Thievery
40. Shot Seven - Pickpockets at Work
43. Shot Eight - Beggars and Dead Beats
50. Shot Nine - Begging Letter Swindlers
53. Shot Ten - Tricks of Bunco Men
58. Shot Eleven - The Game of Wits
64. Shot Twelve - Fake! Fake! Fake!
69. Shot Thirteen - Bogus Treasures
72. Shot Fourteen - Famous Swindles
75. Shot Fifteen - The Fair Criminal
80. Shot Sixteen - The "Brace" Game
84. Shot Seventeen - Cheating Uncle Sam
89. Shot Eighteen - Humbugs
92. Shot Nineteen - Houdini
96. Shot Twenty - Conclusion

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