This is a fun book to read. Great stories about pickpockets， burglars， bunco men， thiefs， and others. Houdini collected interesting cases talking to detectives， and police chiefs. The book describes the methods used to scam innocent victims. Some of these schemes are still popular， which shows again， that one can learn a lot from the past.
published 1906 by Harry Houdini， Boston MA; later reprinted by Gamblers Book Club， Las Vegas; 96 pages
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