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Ponzi's Scheme : The True Story of a Financial Legend by Mitchell Zuckoff, Mitchell Zuckoff is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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You've heard of the scheme. Now comes the man behind it. In Mitchell Zuckoff's exhilarating book, the first nonfiction account of Charles Ponzi, we meet the charismatic rogue who launched the most famous and extraordinary scam in the annals of American finance.It was a time when anything seemed possible--instant wealth, glittering fame, fabulous luxury--and for a run of magical weeks in the spring and summer of 1920, Charles Ponzi made it all come true. Promising to double investors' money in three months, the dapper, charming Ponzi raised the "rob Peter to pay Paul" scam to an art form and raked in millions at his office in downtown Boston. Ponzi's Scheme is the amazing true story of the irresistible scoundrel who launched the most successful scheme of financial alchemy in modern history--and uttered the first roar of the Roaring Twenties.Ponzi may have been a charlatan, but he was also a wonderfully likable man. His intentions were noble, his manners impeccable, his sales pitch enchanting. Born to a genteel Italian family, he immigrated to the United States with big dreams but no money. Only after he became hopelessly enamored of a stenographer named Rose Gnecco and persuaded her
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Mitchell Zuckoff, Mitchell Zuckoff
- Publisher
- Random House Trade Paperbacks
- Published
- 2005
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780812968361
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Memoir, True Crime, Social Science
- Rating
- 3.89 / 5 (21 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13