Tricky Vic The Impossibly True Story of the Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower

Name: Tricky Vic The Impossibly True Story of the Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower
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ISBN: 9780670016525

ISBN-10: 0670016527

ISBN-13: 9780670016525

Edition: 2015

Authors: Greg Pizzoli

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In the early 1900s, Robert Miller, a.k.a. “Count Victor Lustig,” moved to Paris hoping to be an artist. A con artist, that is. He used his ingenious scams on unsuspecting marks all over the world, from the Czech Republic, to Atlantic ocean liners, and across America. Tricky Vic pulled off his most daring con in 1925, when he managed to "sell" the Eiffel Tower to one of the city’s most successful scrap metal dealers! Six weeks later, he tried to sell the Eiffel Tower all over again. Vic was never caught. For that particular scam, anyway. . . . Kids will love to read about Vic's thrilling life, and teachers will love the informational sidebars and back matter. Award-winner Greg Pizzoli’s…

Book details

List price: $17.99
Copyright year: 2015
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date: 3/10/2015
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 48
Size: 7.68" wide x 9.72" long x 0.43" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English