In the mid-19th century, an industrializing and expanding republic presented innumerable opportunities for artistes with the appropriate combination of skill and amorality to separate an unsuspecting soul from his money. William Jones, a.k.a. Canada Bill, exploited those opportunities expertly, relentlessly and shamelessly, and with the unabashed admiration of his fellows. Indeed, if the favorable opinion of one’s peers is any measure of greatness, Canada Bill has got to be among the greate
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