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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