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Author Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.

Title The confidence-man : his masquerade / by Herman Melville.

Imprint New York : Grove Press, 1949.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Special Collections  813.3 M497c 1949    ---  Lib Use Only
Description 294 pages ; 19 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Summary Set on a Mississippi steamer on April Fool's Day and populated by a series of shape-shifting con men, The Confidence-Man is a challenging metaphysical and ethical exploration of antebellum American society.
Subject Swindlers and swindling -- Fiction.
Mississippi River -- Fiction.
Steamboats -- Fiction.
Crime -- psychology.
Social Identification.
Rivers.
Ships.
United States.
Steamboats. (OCoLC)fst01132443
Swindlers and swindling. (OCoLC)fst01140414
Mississippi River. (OCoLC)fst01240238
Genre/Form Fictional Works.
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787

 
    
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