Charlatan America's Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him, and the Age of Flimflam

Name: Charlatan America's Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him, and the Age of Flimflam
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ISBN: 9780307339898

ISBN-10: 0307339890

ISBN-13: 9780307339898

Edition: 2008

Authors: Pope Brock

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In 1917, after years of selling worthless patent remedies throughout the Southeast, John R. Brinkley-America7;s most brazen young con man-arrived in the tiny town of Milford, Kansas. He set up a medical practice and introduced an outlandish surgical method using goat glands to restore the fading virility of local farmers. It was all nonsense, of course, but thousands of paying customers quickly turned 0;Dr.1; Brinkley into America7;s richest and most famous surgeon. His notoriety captured the attention of the great quackbuster Morris Fishbein, who vowed to put the country7;s 0;most daring and dangerous1; charlatan out of business. Their cat-and-mouse game lasted throughout the 1920s and…

Book details

List price: $16.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
Publication date: 1/13/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.14" wide x 7.98" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English