The Rich Uncle from Fiji

A classic textbook containing numerous swindles for those who desire to take down and rope the public! It is unique in that it has the only written description of the coin purse swindle - complete with photographs. Many of these cons are being used today, some with minor changes and some exactly as they were played when Rich Uncle was written. There are monte mobs working today in the same manner they worked a hundred years ago.

published 1911 by The Exchange Press, Melbourne; later reprinted by Gamblers Book Club, Nevada; 64 pages

Table of Contents

page

3. Foreword
5. Rich Uncle from Fiji Yarn
10. The Wood Hawker
12. "Oh, What A Beautiful Voice!"
16. "The Bouncer"
19. The Bon Bon Swindle
20. The Cheap Jack
21. "The Faker"
22. Some "Heads" and a Little Fight
24. "The Dropper"
25. The Ticket Snatcher
26. A Hint to Business Men
29. "The Whisperer"
31. The Bonanza
31. Yankee Sweat
32. The Ancient Ped Relates
34. Thimble Rigging
38. The Three Broads
47. The Pogue Player
49. The "Straight" Pogue
52. The "Ring" (Changed) Pogue
56. Jinking
63. Ringing the Changes
63. Ringing the Changes (Another System)
64. The Bold Bad Baron

word count: 17901 which is equivalent to 71 standard pages of text