Tricky Vic : the impossibly true story of the man who sold the Eiffel Tower / Greg Pizzoli.
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.
Recounts the life of Victor Lustig, an international con man who had swindled thousands of people, including Al Capone, and was best known for "selling" the Eiffel Tower.
Record details
- ISBN: 0670016527
- ISBN: 9780670016525
- Physical Description: 39 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York, New York : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Group, 2015.
- Copyright: ©2015
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Target Audience Note:
- Ages 7 up1230L Lexile
- Study Program Information Note:
- Accelerated Reader AR MG 7 0.5 172595.
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- 33 of 34 copies available at NC Cardinal.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Madison Main Library | J 364.16 PIZ (Text) | 30229101035912 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Avery County Morrison Public Library | JNFIC 364.16 PIZ (Text) | 31111002809828 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Braswell Memorial Main Library | JB LUSTIG (Text) | 540191011089926 | Juvenile Biography | Available | - |
| Bunn Branch | JB/LUSTIG (Text) | 72350000036021 | Juvenile Biography | Available | - |
| Clemmons Branch | JB Lustig, Victor (Text) | 0112520474358 | Juvenile Biography | Available | - |
| Danbury Public Library | JB LUSTIG (Text) | 40599000959034 | Juvenile Biography | Available | - |
| Dunn Public Library | J B LUSTIG Piz (Text) | 33436001616116 | Juvenile Biography | Available | - |
| Eden Library | JB Lustig (Text) | 31554010053196 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Elkin Public Library | JB LUSTIG (Text) | 30499100490984 | Juvenile Biography | Available | - |
| Gibsonville Public Library | J BIO LUSTIG PIZ (Text) | 30449000007313 | Juvenile Biography | Available | - |
