
King of the King of the Con Men: Wilson Mizner
Ridiculous Crime
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The Life and Times of William Wilson
In 1909 wilson got a gig as a writer on broadway musicals Okay, so his bonemos really did get him. He and george bronson howard wrote a play called the only law It was about a broker who kept a chorus girl as a mistress and the mistress in turn kept jigolo And wilson and bronson though they didn't get along tail is oldest. A year later wilson met paul armstrong a playwright who specialized in stories about the criminal underworld His work was full of tough guys who like chatted and slang rough exteriors, but hearts a gold So like a damp damon runyon. Yes.
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