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Early Sports and Pop Culture History Blog: Bridges, Bunco and Basso - a Gullible History of Selling the Brooklyn Bridge
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Marina Amaral on Twitter: "George C. Parker was an American con man best known for his surprisingly successful attempts to "sell" the Brooklyn Bridge. He made his living conducting illegal sales of
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