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The museum of hoaxes : a collection of pranks, stunts, deceptions, and other wonderful stories contrived for the public from the Middle Ages to the new millennium / Alex Boese.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Boese, Alex.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Impostors and imposture--Museums.
- Impostors and imposture.
- Fraud--Museums.
- Fraud.
- Museums.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 266 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Dutton, 2002.
- Summary:
- A remarkable collection based on the authorUs popular Web site, Boese takes readers on a tour of hundreds of documented hoaxes, many published here for the first time. Written with both humor and historical insight, and complete with photos and illustrations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-255) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0525946780
- OCLC:
- 50115701
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