“YELLOW KID” WEIL: The Autobiography of America's Master Swindler
J. R. Weil AK Press ($18) by Niels Strandskov Things have changed since Joseph “Yellow Kid” Weil prowled the racetracks and saloons of turn-of-the-century Chicago looking for people with more money than sense who would soon find that ratio reduced, considerably. Weil's autobiography, co-written with W.T. Brannon in 1948, makes it clear from the outset […]