Hoax A History Of Deception

Author : Ian Tattersall,Peter Névraumont
Publisher : Black Dog & Leventhal
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-20
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780316503709

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Hoax: A History of Deception by Ian Tattersall,Peter Névraumont Pdf

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 tell 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. Told chronologically, HOAX begins with the first documented announcement of the end of the world in 2800 BC 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.

Author : Michael Farquhar
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2005-05-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781440626647

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A Treasury of Deception by Michael Farquhar Pdf

We may say that honesty is the best policy, but history—to say nothing of business, politics, and the media—suggests otherwise. In this infinitely citable book, the author of two bestselling treasuries of scandal recounts some of the greatest deceptions of all time. With what forged document did the Vatican lay claim to much of Europe? Who wrote Hitler’s diaries? Why do millions still believe the vague doggerel that Nostradamus passed off as prophecy? Organizing his material by theme (con artists, the press, military trickery, scientific fraud, imposters, great escapes, and more), Michael Farquhar takes in everything from the hoodwinking of Hitler to Vincent “the Chin” Gigante’s thirty-year crazy act. A Treasury of Deception is a zestful, gossipy exposé—and celebration—of mendacity. A Treasury of Deception also includes: Ten tricksters from scripture Ten great liars in literature Ten egregious examples of modern American doublespeak Ten classic deceptions from Greek mythology

Author : Barbara Smith
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2011-03-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781926613987

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Hoaxes and Hexes by Barbara Smith Pdf

The Canadian Oxford Dictionary defines hoax as a "humorous or malicious deception," and hex as "a magic spell." These stories of hoaxes and hexes illustrate our curious desire to believe in the impossible and explain the inexplicable. Portrayed here are accomplished hoaxers and swindlers, including the flamboyant 19th-century financier known as Lord Gordon-Gordon; David Walsh, author of the horrendous Bre-X gold-mine hoax of the 1990s; and the eccentric Josef Papp, who claimed to have crossed the Atlantic in a homemade submarine. The persistent power of hexes is recorded in stories of cursed places--including a strange haunting in the Cypress Hills and a deadly Lake Superior lighthouse--and weird coincidences, such as the legendary Hollywood hex on Oscar-winning actresses. Whether humorous or malicious, real or imagined, hoaxes or hexes have entertained and ensnared us throughout history.

Author : Gordon Stein
Publisher : Gale Cengage
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Deception
ISBN : UOM:49015002841311

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Encyclopedia of Hoaxes by Gordon Stein Pdf

Looks at scams, shams, and flim-flams that have been perpetrated in almost every field including art, business, entertainment, politics, and more.

Author : Eric Chaline
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Deception
ISBN : 0752457713

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History's Greatest Deceptions by Eric Chaline Pdf

With no little skill and imaginative flair, History's Greatest Deceptions chronicles the 50 most remarkable tales of fraud and forgery.

Author : Gale Eaton
Publisher : Tilbury House Publishers and Cadent Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-06
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780884484936

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A History of Ambition in 50 Hoaxes (History in 50) by Gale Eaton Pdf

What do the Trojan Horse, Piltdown Man, Keely Motor Company, and Ponzi Scheme have in common? They were all famous hoaxes, carefully designed and bolstered with false evidence. The con artists in this book pursued a variety of ambitions—making money, winning wars, mocking authority, finding fame, trading an ordinary life for a glamorous one—but they all chose the lowest, fastest road to get there. Every hoax is a curtain, and behind it is a deceiver operating levers and smoke machines to make us see what is not there and miss what is. As P.T. Barnum knew, you can short-circuit critical thinking in any century by telling people what they want to hear. Most scams operate on a personal scale, but some have shaped the balance of world power, inspired explorers to sail uncharted seas, derailed scientific progress, or caused terrible massacres. A HISTORY OF AMBITION IN 50 HOAXES guides us through a rogue’s gallery of hustlers, liars, swindlers, imposters, scammers, pretenders, and cheats. In Gale Eaton’s wide-ranging synthesis, the history of deception is a colorful tour, with surprising insights behind every curtain. Fountas & Pinnell Level Z+

Author : Marco Beretta,Maria Conforti
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Alchemy
ISBN : 0881354953

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Fakes!? by Marco Beretta,Maria Conforti Pdf

Author : Wickliffe B. Vennard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2011-04-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1258006006

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The Federal Reserve Hoax by Wickliffe B. Vennard Pdf

Author : Time-Life Books
Publisher : Time Life Education
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0809477157

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Hoaxes and Deceptions by Time-Life Books Pdf

Examines a variety of famous hoaxes and deceptions throughout history

Author : Peter Hancock
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-01-22
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781107071681

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Hoax Springs Eternal by Peter Hancock Pdf

This book examines and extrapolates from famous historical case studies to illustrate principles of cognitive deception and how to avoid being deceived.

Author : Ian Keable
Publisher : Saqi Books
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781908906458

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The Century of Deception by Ian Keable Pdf

'Utter joy! A delicious romp through the heyday of balderdash and grand-scale deception, penned by one of the country's finest magical minds.' Derren Brown In 1749, a newspaper advertisement appeared declaring that a man would climb inside a bottle on the stage of a London theatre. Although the crowds turned up in their hundreds to witness the trick, the performer didn't. Over the following decades, elaborate pranks would continue to bamboozle audiences across England. In The Century of Deception, magician and magic historian Ian Keable tells the engrossing stories of these eighteenth-century hoaxes and those who were duped by them. The English public were hoodwinked time and time again, swallowing whole tales of rapping ghosts, a woman who gave birth to rabbits, a levitating Frenchman in a Chinese Temple and outrageous astrological predictions. Not only were the hoaxes widely influential, drawing in celebrities such as Samuel Johnson, Benjamin Franklin and Jonathan Swift, they also inflamed concerns about 'English credulity'. 'Fake news' and 'going viral' may be modern terms, but as this entertaining, eye-opening book shows, these concepts have been with us for centuries. 'A fascinating, witty and beautifully-written book.' Matt Lucas 'Ian Keable's brilliant book has opened my eyes to an incredible world of hoaxers and deceivers that I didn't know even existed. A cracking read filled with extraordinary stories.' Andy Nyman 'A masterful and fascinating journey into a hitherto hidden world of history, mystery and hoaxes.' Richard Wiseman

Author : Christopher L. Miller
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780226591001

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Impostors by Christopher L. Miller Pdf

Writing a new page in the surprisingly long history of literary deceit, Impostors examines a series of literary hoaxes, deceptions that involved flagrant acts of cultural appropriation. This book looks at authors who posed as people they were not, in order to claim a different ethnic, class, or other identity. These writers were, in other words, literary usurpers and appropriators who trafficked in what Christopher L. Miller terms the “intercultural hoax.” In the United States, such hoaxes are familiar. Forrest Carter’s The Education of Little Tree and JT LeRoy’s Sarah are two infamous examples. Miller’s contribution is to study hoaxes beyond our borders, employing a comparative framework and bringing French and African identity hoaxes into dialogue with some of their better-known American counterparts. In France, multiculturalism is generally eschewed in favor of universalism, and there should thus be no identities (in the American sense) to steal. However, as Miller demonstrates, this too is a ruse: French universalism can only go so far and do so much. There is plenty of otherness to appropriate. This French and Francophone tradition of imposture has never received the study it deserves. Taking a novel approach to this understudied tradition, Impostors examines hoaxes in both countries, finding similar practices of deception and questions of harm.

Author : James H. Fetzer
Publisher : Open Court Publishing
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780812695472

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The Great Zapruder Film Hoax by James H. Fetzer Pdf

Persuasively written, this thorough analysis of one of the great "documents" of the Kennedy assassination challenges the role of the Zapruder film--a twenty-seven-second home video capturing JFK's final moments of life--in debunking the Warren Commission Report by identifying "doctoring" in the film. Original.

Author : Wickliffe B. Vennard
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781789125634

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The Federal Reserve Hoax (formerly The Federal Reserve Corporation) by Wickliffe B. Vennard Pdf

“...a Masterpiece! If this from the pen of a man who has devoted more than 30 years of his life to a study of ‘The Great Conspiracy Against the Sovereignty of We, the People’ means anything at all to you, you now have it. Now we can combine our knowledge and our energies to effect the preservation of our Western Civilization—without which all is lost.”—Sydney H. Foster

Author : Alex Boese
Publisher : Penguin Books
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Fraud
ISBN : 0143001183

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The Museum of Hoaxes by Alex Boese Pdf

Step right up and enter The Museum of Hoaxes where you can Marvel at such curiosities as Bigfoot, the Cardiff Giant, and the Jackalope . . .Wonder at the mystery of crop circles, the War of the Worlds, and Sydney's Iceberg . . .See the Stone Age Tasaday Tribe, the Cottingley Fairies, and Snowball the Monster Cat with your own eyes . . .Or learn from famous hoaxers such as Edgar Allen Poe, P.T. Barnum, and Mark Twain. Would these hoaxes fool you? Take the Gullibility Test and find out . . .