From Despair, Inc.
Some believed his book was forever lost to history. Others assumed it was only a legend in the first place- just another in a seemingly endless series of bogus get-rich-quick schemes perpetrated by a master of the craft?
Could it possibly be true? Did the world's most notorious con-artist, Charles Ponzi himself, actually write his memoirs- his own personal account of his ascendency from obscurity and poverty into staggering wealth, fame, and eventual infamy.
And if he DID author such a work- what on earth became of it? Despair, Inc. has finally discovered the answer. And on October 29, 2009, we announced a fully-illustrated and carefully-documented version of the legendary lost work available to the world at large. The book features:
Yes. We're completely serious. No, this isn't a fiction. Would that it were an elaborate satire! This is the real book published by the real man whose influence was so far reaching his very name has entered our dictionaries.
Could it possibly be true? Did the world's most notorious con-artist, Charles Ponzi himself, actually write his memoirs- his own personal account of his ascendency from obscurity and poverty into staggering wealth, fame, and eventual infamy.
And if he DID author such a work- what on earth became of it? Despair, Inc. has finally discovered the answer. And on October 29, 2009, we announced a fully-illustrated and carefully-documented version of the legendary lost work available to the world at large. The book features:
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Yes. We're completely serious. No, this isn't a fiction. Would that it were an elaborate satire! This is the real book published by the real man whose influence was so far reaching his very name has entered our dictionaries.
Editorial Reviews
From The Lowell Sun
"Colossal! Stupendous!... The Grandest Piece of Fireworks in the History of the United States of America"
--Charles Ponzi, September 29, 1936.
--Charles Ponzi, September 29, 1936.
From The New Yorker
"I don't think that I am under any illusion if I start that twenty-five thousand copies ought to sell in New England alone."
--Charles Ponzi, May 8, 1937.
Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Despair, Inc. (October 29, 2009)
Language: English
Dimensions: 7.875 x 11.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 24 ounces
--Charles Ponzi, May 8, 1937.





