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The Right Way to Do Wrong
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| The Right Way to Do Wrong | |
| Author | Harry Houdini |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Harry Houdini |
| Illustrator | Henry Crossman Grover |
| Publication Date | 1906 |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 96 |
The Right Way to Do Wrong: An Exposé of Successful Criminals was a book written by Harry Houdini and published in 1906. Includes stories about pickpockets, burglars, bunco men, and thiefs. The book was reprinted serveral times by various publishing house like the Gamblers Book Club and the Easton Press.
The preface opens with: "There is an under world—a world of cheat and crime—a world whose highest good is successful evasion of the laws of the land."
Contents
- Preface
- Income of a criminal
- Professional burglary
- Difficulties of burglary
- Burglars' superstitions
- Thieves and their tricks
- The aristocrat of thievery
- Pickpockets at work
- Beggars and dead beats
- Begging letter swindles
- Tricks of bunco men
- The game of wits
- Fake! fake! fake!
- Bogus treasures
- The fair criminal
- The "brace" game
- Cheating Uncle Sam
- Humbugs
- About myself
- Conclusion
External links
- The Right Way to Do Wrong: An Exposé of Successful Criminals on Google Books.
