• Imposter Heiress

  • Oct 15 2024
  • Length: 42 mins
  • Podcast

  • Summary

  • I often say how similar the Gilded Age and Progressive Era is like our contemporary times. With this show, I take it back. Cassie Chadwick was able to swindle the banks in a way that would be impossible today. Listen to Annie Reed discuss her debut book, Imposter Heiress.


    Essential Reading:


    Annie Reed, Imposter Heiress: Cassie Chadwick, the Greatest Grifter of the Gilded Age (2024).


    Further Reading:


    David Nasaw, Andrew Carnegie (2007).


    Maria Konnikova, The Confidence Game (2017).


    Amy Reading, The Mark Inside (2012).


    Hilary Spurling, La Grande Therese: The Greatest Scandal of the Century (2000).


    Tori Telfer. Confident Women (2021).



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