Hoax: A History of Deception
Title | Hoax: A History of Deception PDF eBook |
Author | Ian Tattersall |
Publisher | Black Dog & Leventhal |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 2018-03-20 |
Genre | True Crime |
ISBN | 0316503703 |
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.
A Treasury of Deception
Title | A Treasury of Deception PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Farquhar |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 308 |
Release | 2005-05-31 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1440626642 |
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
Fakes!?
Title | Fakes!? PDF eBook |
Author | Marco Beretta |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Alchemy |
ISBN | 9780881354959 |
A History of Ambition in 50 Hoaxes (History in 50)
Title | A History of Ambition in 50 Hoaxes (History in 50) PDF eBook |
Author | Gale Eaton |
Publisher | Tilbury House Publishers and Cadent Publishing |
Pages | 473 |
Release | 2016-09-06 |
Genre | Young Adult Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0884484939 |
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+
CENTURY OF DECEPTION
Title | CENTURY OF DECEPTION PDF eBook |
Author | IAN. KEABLE |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2020 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781908906441 |
History's Greatest Deceptions
Title | History's Greatest Deceptions PDF eBook |
Author | Eric Chaline |
Publisher | |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Deception |
ISBN | 9780752457710 |
With no little skill and imaginative flair, History's Greatest Deceptions chronicles the 50 most remarkable tales of fraud and forgery.
The Federal Reserve Hoax
Title | The Federal Reserve Hoax PDF eBook |
Author | Wickliffe B. Vennard |
Publisher | |
Pages | 324 |
Release | 2011-04-01 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781258006006 |