MARC details
| 000 -LEADER |
|---|
| fixed length control field |
03718cam a2200469 i 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
|---|
| control field |
on1194868575 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
|---|
| control field |
OCoLC |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
|---|
| control field |
20210625085321.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
|---|
| fixed length control field |
201025s2021 nyuab e b 001 0ceng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
|---|
| LC control number |
2020044276 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
|---|
| Original cataloging agency |
LBSOR/DLC |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Description conventions |
rda |
| Transcribing agency |
DLC |
| Modifying agency |
OCLCO |
| -- |
OCLCA |
| -- |
OCLCF |
| -- |
GK8 |
| -- |
OCLCO |
| -- |
OTP |
| -- |
CGB |
| -- |
OI6 |
| -- |
GL4 |
| -- |
YDX |
| -- |
LEB |
| -- |
OCLCO |
| -- |
NFG |
| 019 ## - |
|---|
| -- |
1250391372 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
|---|
| International Standard Book Number |
9781984853844 |
| Qualifying information |
hardcover |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
|---|
| International Standard Book Number |
1984853848 |
| Qualifying information |
hardcover |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
|---|
| System control number |
(OCoLC)1194868575 |
| Canceled/invalid control number |
(OCoLC)1250391372 |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
|---|
| Authentication code |
pcc |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
|---|
| Geographic area code |
a-tu--- |
| -- |
e-uk--- |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
|---|
| Classification number |
940.472 |
| Item number |
F793 |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) |
|---|
| Holding library |
NFGA |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
|---|
| Personal name |
Fox, Margalit, |
| Relator term |
author. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
113241 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
|---|
| Title |
The confidence men : |
| Remainder of title |
how two prisoners of war engineered the most remarkable escape in history / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Margalit Fox. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
|---|
| Edition statement |
First edition. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE STATEMENTS |
|---|
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
New York : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Random House, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
[2021] |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
|---|
| Extent |
xvi, 329 pages : |
| Other physical details |
illustrations, maps ; |
| Dimensions |
25 cm |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
|---|
| Content Type Term |
text |
| Content Type Code |
txt |
| Source |
rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
|---|
| Media Type Term |
unmediated |
| Media Type Code |
n |
| Source |
rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
|---|
| Carrier Type Term |
volume |
| Carrier Type Code |
nc |
| Source |
rdacarrier |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
|---|
| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
|---|
| Formatted contents note |
Prologue: A wraith at the top of the stairs -- For king and country -- Besieged -- Destination unknown -- A hundred springs -- Spooked -- The uses of enchantment -- The regard of flight -- In confidence -- Villainous OOO -- The treasure test -- The telechronistic ray -- Certifiable -- Two lunatics, five hundred pounds of butter, and a great deal of flour -- The mad ward -- Near death -- Persuasion -- Epilogue: Afterlife. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
|---|
| Summary, etc |
"Imprisoned in a remote Turkish prison camp during World War I, having survived a two-month forced march and a terrifying shootout in the desert, two British officers, Harry Jones and Cedric Hill, join forces to bamboozle their iron-fisted captors. To stave off despair and boredom, Jones takes a handmade Ouija board and fakes elaborate séances for his fellow prisoners. Word gets around camp, and one day, a Turkish officer approaches Jones with a query: Could Jones contact the spirit world to find a vast treasure rumored to be buried nearby? Jones, a trained lawyer, and Hill, a brilliant magician, use the Ouija board--and their keen understanding of the psychology of deception--to build a trap for the Turkish officers that will ultimately lead them to freedom. The Confidence Men is the story of the only known con game played for a good cause--and of a profound but unlikely friendship. Had it not been for "the Great War," Jones, the Oxford-educated son of a British lord, and Hill, a mechanic from an Australian sheep farm, would never have met. But in pain, loneliness, hunger, and isolation, they formed a powerful emotional and intellectual alliance that saved both of their lives. Margalit Fox brings her "nose for interesting facts, the ability to construct a taut narrative arc, and a Dickens-level gift for concisely conveying personality" (Kathryn Schulz, New York) to this gripping tale of psychological strategy that is rife with cunning, danger, and moments of high farce that rival anything in Catch-22"-- |
| Assigning source |
Provided by publisher. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
|---|
| Personal name |
Jones, E. H. |
| Fuller form of name |
(Elias Henry), |
| Dates associated with a name |
1883-1942. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
|---|
| Personal name |
Hill, C. W. |
| Fuller form of name |
(Cedric Waters), |
| Dates associated with a name |
1891-1975. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
|---|
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
World War, 1914-1918 |
| General subdivision |
Prisoners and prisons, Turkish. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
|---|
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Escaped prisoners of war |
| Geographic subdivision |
Turkey |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
|---|
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Escaped prisoners of war |
| Geographic subdivision |
Great Britain |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
372692 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
|---|
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Prisoner-of-war escapes |
| Geographic subdivision |
Turkey |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
20th century. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
|---|
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Prisoner-of-war camps |
| Geographic subdivision |
Turkey |
| -- |
Yozgat (Yozgat İli) |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
|---|
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Swindlers and swindling. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
89591 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
|---|
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Male friendship. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
20177 |
| 655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM |
|---|
| Genre/form data or focus term |
Biographies. |
| Source of term |
lcgft |
| 9 (RLIN) |
870 |
| 994 ## - |
|---|
| -- |
C0 |
| -- |
NFG |
