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Presents an entertaining collection of hundreds of documented historical hoaxes, pranks, deceptions, and stunts that have fooled the public from the Middle Ages to the present day, from Edgar Allan Poe's literary deception to P. T. Barnum, the master hoaxer, discussing the origin of April Fool's Day, providing a Gullibility Test, and more. Reprint.
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"If you have a taste for the wild and wacky stories that have fooled people who should have known better, you'll enjoy this. Hilarious" (SUNDAY EXPRESS, 19 September)
"A great lucky dip of a book" (THE JOURNAL (Newcastle), 7 September)
"Crammed with incredible tales" (WESTERN DAILY PRESS, 16 October)
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A collection of fabulous pranks, stunts, deceptions, fakery, hornswoggle and hoaxes inflicted on the gullible public from long ago to today taken from the web site wwwmuseumofhoaxes.com.
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- PublisherPlume
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0452284651
- ISBN 13 9780452284654
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages288
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