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Hoax : Hitler's diaries, Lincoln's assassins, and other famous frauds / Edward Steers, Jr. ; foreword by Joe Nickell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Steers, Edward, Jr., 1937-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fraud--History.
- Fraud.
- Hoaxes--History.
- Hoaxes.
- Impostors and imposture--History.
- Impostors and imposture.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 235 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, [2013]
- Summary:
- Napoleon famously observed that "history is a set of lies agreed upon," and Steers investigates six of the most amazing frauds ever to gain wide acceptance in this engrossing book.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813141596
- 0813141591
- 9780813141602
- 0813141605
- 9780813141619
- 0813141613
- OCLC:
- 818735081
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