'Yellow Kid' Weil - The Autobiography of America's Master Swindler
You'll marvel at the elaborate schemes developed by The Yellow Kid and cry for the marks who lost it all to his ingenuity—$8,000,000 by some estimations. Fixed horse races, bad real-estate deals, even a money-making machine—all were tools of the trade for the Kid and his associates: the Swede, the Butterine Kid, the Harmony Kid, Fats Levine, and others. The Sting (1973), starring Paul Newman and based largely on the story of the Yellow Kid, is entertaining, but is no match for the real deal.
Chris Mankowski a 38-year-old Detroit police sergeant newly transferred from the Bomb Squad to the Sex Crimes division. Woody Ricks, alcoholic auto scion who is accused by Greta Wyatt, stage named Ginger Jones, of rape. Donnell Lewis, ex-Black Panther who is acting as Woody's driver, nursemaid and would-be swindler. Robin Abbott and Skip Gibbs, former lovers from the 60s who burned bras and draft cards, dropped acid, and finally dynamited a federal building.
