Men of No Reputation: Robert Boatright, the Buckfoot Gang, and the Fleecing of Middle America

Kansas City Public Library - Central Library 14 West 10th Street, Kansas City

Although little remembered today, Robert Boatright was one of the greatest con men of the early 20th century. With the assistance of a confederacy of crooks known as the Buckfoot Gang, he preyed upon the Midwest gentry and fixed athletic contests in the turn-of-the-century Ozarks.