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T.D. Thornton

Biography

T.D. Thornton

 

T.D. Thornton is a Boston-based writer who aspires to give a voice to dark, edgy characters lurking far beneath the radar of mainstream media. Gamblers, grifters, hustlers, prize fighters and racetrackers are among his most appealing characters, and he has a keen interest in writing about “low” subjects with a literary twist. His journalism and creative nonfiction have appeared in The New York Times, Boston Globe, Slate, The Daily Beast and McSweeney’s. He also reports on horse racing for Thoroughbred Daily News.

T.D. Thornton

Books by T.D. Thornton

My Adventures with Your Money: George Graham Rice and the Golden Age of the Con Artist
by T.D. Thornton - Biography, Crime, Nonfiction

Master swindler George Graham Rice operated at the zenith of America's golden age of con artistry with plenty of illicit competition, but he stood apart from all others thanks to the sheer audacity, pure nerve and nefarious brilliance of his scams. Against the dark rise of American greed in the early 20th Century into the Roaring Twenties, the dapper but devious "GG" feasted on a nation of gullible prey with the flair of circus showman P.T. Barnum and on a financial scale comparable to modern fraudster Bernie Madoff.