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Hoax : Hitler's diaries, Lincoln's assassins, and other famous frauds / by Steers, Edward,Jr.,1937-;
MARCIVE 5/2/13Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: "Snap, crackle, and pop" -- Oath of a freeman : the king of forgers -- Pearl Harbor: treachery in the Oval Office? -- Hah Hitler! the Hitler diaries -- The shroud of turin : tell me what you want to believe and I will tell what you will believe -- Skullduggery : the man who never was -- The missing pages from John Wilkes Booth's diary.
Subjects: Fraud; Hoaxes; Impostors and imposture;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Hoax : a history of deception : 5,000 years of fakes, forgeries, and fallacies / by Tattersall, Ian,author.(CARDINAL)708654; Névraumont, Peter,author.(CARDINAL)679304;
"An entertaining collection of the most audacious and underhanded deceptions in the history of mankind, from sacred relics to financial schemes to fake art, music, and identities. World history is littered with tall tales and those who have fallen for them. Ian Tattersall, a curator emeritus at the American Museum of Natural History, has teamed up with Peter Névraumont to create this anti-history of the world, in which Michelangelo fakes a masterpiece; Arctic explorers seek an entrance into a hollow Earth; a Shakespeare tragedy is "rediscovered"; a financial scheme inspires Charles Ponzi; a spirit photographer snaps Abraham Lincoln's ghost; people can survive ingesting only air and sunshine; Edgar Allen Pie is the forefather of fake news; and the first human was not only British but played cricket. Told chronologically, HOAX begins with the first documented announcement of the end of the world from 365 AD and winds its way through controversial tales such as the Loch Ness Monster and the Shroud of Turin, past proven fakes such as the Thomas Jefferson's ancient wine and the Davenport Tablets built by a lost race, and explores bald-faced lies in the worlds of art, science, literature, journalism, and finance. World history is littered with tall tales and those who have fallen for them. Ian Tattersall, a curator emeritus at the American Museum of Natural History, has teamed up with Peter Névraumont to create this anti-history of the world, in which Michelangelo fakes a masterpiece; Arctic explorers seek an entrance into a hollow Earth; a Shakespeare tragedy is "rediscovered;" a financial scheme inspires Charles Ponzi; a spirit photographer snaps Abraham Lincoln's ghost; people can survive ingesting only air and sunshine; Edgar Allen Poe is the forefather of fake news; and the first human was not only British but played cricket. Organized chronologically, Hoax begins with the first documented announcement of the end of the world from 365 AD and winds its way through controversial tales such as the Loch Ness Monster and the Shroud of Turin, past proven fakes such as the Thomas Jefferson's ancient wine and the Davenport Tablets built by a lost race, and explores bald-faced lies in the worlds of art, science, literature, journalism, and finance"--Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-236) and index.
Subjects: Anecdotes.; Folklore.; History; Common fallacies; Hoaxes; Tall tales; Deception; Art; Folklore;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Hoaxes / by Herbst, Judith.;
Includes bibliographical references (page 46) and index.Sherlock Holmes gets flim flammed -- Giants in the earth -- Rainforest shadiness -- The sun, the moon, and batman -- Graffiti in the grain.A look at some of history's most famous hoaxes and publicity stunts, including fairy photographs, moon-men, lost tribes, and crop circles.840LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Occultism.; Impostors and imposture.; Curiosities and wonders.; Occultism; Impostors and imposture; Curiosities and wonders; Curiosities and wonders;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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The hoax [videorecording] / by Delpy, Julie,1969-(CARDINAL)847464; Gere, Richard,1949-(CARDINAL)343266; Hallstrom, Lasse.(CARDINAL)785722; Harden, Marcia Gay.(CARDINAL)340687; Irving, Clifford.(CARDINAL)127654; Molina, Alfred,1953-(CARDINAL)348900; Tucci, Stanley.(CARDINAL)346612;
Richard Gere, Marcia Gay Harden, Alfred Molina, Stanley Tucci, Julie Delpy.Based on the true story of a man who convinced a publishing house to pay for an autobiography of Howard Hughes through deception and forgery.MPAA rating: R.DVD, Dolby digital stereo. and surround.
Subjects: Comedy.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Film adaptations.; Films for the hearing impaired.; Irving, Clifford.;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 9
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Hoaxed! : fakes & mistakes in the world of science / by Woo, Howie.;
Hoaxes exposed -- Piltdown plot revealed! -- Gentleman naturalist gone bad -- When a hoax is not a hoax -- Doug and Dave's circular adventure -- Star in a jar -- The Roswell riddle -- How not to be hoaxed.950LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Fraud in science;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Literary hoaxes : an eye-opening history of famous frauds / by Katsoulis, Melissa.;
The ultimate reader's-guide to the works that fooled publishers, readers, and critics the world over--from Dionysius the Renegade to modern publishing pranks such as the Hitler Diaries.
Subjects: Literary forgeries and mystifications;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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The Hemingway hoax / by Haldeman, Joe W.(CARDINAL)710918;
Subjects: Fiction.; Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The world hoax / by Elmhurst, Ernest F.;
Subjects: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei.; Communism.; Jews; Jews;
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The Halloween hoax / by West, Bonnie.(CARDINAL)526917; Blumer, Patt,illustrator.(CARDINAL)520095;
Jane and Eddy trap the culprit when money is stolen during a Halloween party.
Subjects: Fiction.; Detective and mystery stories; Halloween;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Spectra hoax. by Smith, William Jay,1918-2015.(CARDINAL)140409; Ficke, Arthur Davison,1883-1945.Spectra.;
Pt. 1. Spectra : the story -- pt. 2. Spectra : the 1916 text -- pt. 3. Later spectric poems : a selection -- pt. 4. Posthumous poems of Emanuel Morgan
Subjects: Poetry.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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