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I Chose Mike Garven The Man Who Owned Me
Jim Haviland narrates his life from a troubled childhood under the Hardbys to a spiraling rise in confidence games. He learns shell games and three card monte, joins Mike Garven, and builds a nationwide gambling empire through cons, mining scams, and fake real estate schemes before a moral crisis and capture lead to a fateful choice.
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Simeon Hardley
Mother Jaardby
Joe
Wardleys
Hfe
Simeon Harby
Syvysten
Hardleys
Circus
Mike
Jim
Jim Haviland
Mike Garven
Amie
Chicago
New York
United Mining Securities
J. Michael Garven
J. P. Munroe
Munroe
Ilinois
Slide Masoon
Doy
Prison