David W. Maurer (1906–1981)

Author of The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man

Includes the names: David Maurer, Maurer David W., David W. Maurer

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David W. Maurer was professor of linguistics at the University of Louisville. He was the author of The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man, Narcotics and Narcotic Addiction, and Whiz Mob: A Correlation of the Technical Argot of Pickpockets with Their Behavior Pattern. — biography from Kentucky Moonshine … (more)

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The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man 420 copies, 3 reviews

Whiz Mob: A Correlation of the Technical Argot of Pickpockets with Their… 30 copies, 1 review

Kentucky Moonshine 30 copies

The American Confidence Man, 7 copies

Language of the Underworld 7 copies

Dad's Guide To Life For Girls 6 copies

Narcotics and Narcotic Addiction 6 copies

Carnival cant: a glossary of circus and carnival slang, 2 copies

Prostitutes and criminal argots 1 copy

Maryland's Montpelier: A Family's Legacy [article out of a magazine] 1 copy

American Speech Volume XXII October, 1947 Number 3 1 copy

The con man and his lingo (The Bobbs-Merrill reprint series in language… 1 copy

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The American Language: An Inquiry into the Development of English in the… (Editor) 145 copies, 3 reviews

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1906-04-12

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1981-06-11

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Ohio State University

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