Bibliograph

Tricky Vic, the impossibly true story of the man who sold the Eiffel Tower, Greg Pizzoli

Type

Label

Tricky Vic, the impossibly true story of the man who sold the Eiffel Tower, Greg Pizzoli

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 37)

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

Ages 7 and up

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Tricky Vic

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

881093698

Responsibility statement

Greg Pizzoli

Sub title

the impossibly true story of the man who sold the Eiffel Tower

Summary

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

Target audience

pre adolescent

Classification