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ISBN: 9781844241699
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Languages : en
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Hoaxes, Fibs and Fakes
Author: Hoaxes, Fibs and Fakes
Author: Lisa ThompsonPublisher: Blake Education
ISBN: 9781865094779
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
If you heard a radio broadcast that Martians had landed on Earth, would you believe it? In 1938 many people did. Read about many famous hoaxes-plus some silly ones, too.
Fooled You!
Author: Elaine PascoePublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805075281
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Discusses nearly a dozen infamous hoaxes and how they came about and why people were fooled.
Fakes and Hoaxes
Author: Sarah EasonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781427151223
Category : Curiosities and wonders
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
"Fakes are objects or stories that seem real, but are not. Hoaxes are tricks that deceive people into believing things that are not true. From giants and lake monsters to lost princesses, follow along and gather evidence to find out why fakes and hoaxes capture the minds of so many"--
Fakes and Hoaxes
Author: Sarah LevetePublisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
ISBN: 1482460041
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
The best fakes and hoaxes have just enough truth to lure people into the deception. This comprehensive book showcases some infamous hoaxes as well as supposed-hoaxes that people wont stop believingBigfoot, anyone? Theres so much to explore, from ancient lore of fairies and sea monsters to modern-day hoax baseball players and superhumans! Each high-interest subject is paired with imaginative images and colorful photographs. Mysterious Facts boxes list further points of proof. Readers will especially find a chapter on Internet hoaxes and digital forgeries applicable to their lives.
A History of Ambition in 50 Hoaxes (History in 50)
Author: Gale EatonPublisher: Tilbury House Publishers and Cadent Publishing
ISBN: 0884484939
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 473
Book Description
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+
What Are Hoaxes and Lies?
Author: Matt DoedenPublisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)
ISBN: 1541555783
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Read about hoaxes and lies that have been spread in both the past and present, and learn how they have deceived people. Readers will discover tips on how to identify a hoax and learn to think critically about the information they hear every day.
Fakes. Frauds & Phonies
Author: James CornellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Curiosities and wonders
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Hoaxes
Author: Judith HerbstPublisher: Lerner Books [UK]
ISBN: 0761343091
Category : Curiosities and wonders
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Judith Herbst looks at some of history's most famous hoaxes and publicity stunts, including fairy photographs, moon-men, lost tribes, and crop circles.
Bunk
Author: Kevin YoungPublisher: Graywolf Press
ISBN: 9781555978167
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Longlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction “There Kevin Young goes again, giving us books we greatly need, cleverly disguised as books we merely want. Unexpectedly essential.” —Marlon James Has the hoax now moved from the sideshow to take the center stage of American culture? The award-winning poet and critic Kevin Young traces the history of the hoax as a peculiarly American phenomenon—the legacy of P. T. Barnum’s “humbug” culminating with the currency of Donald J. Trump’s “fake news.” Disturbingly, Young finds that fakery is woven from stereotype and suspicion, with race being the most insidious American hoax of all. He chronicles how Barnum came to fame by displaying figures like Joice Heth, a black woman whom he pretended was the 161-year-old nursemaid to George Washington, and “What Is It?,” an African American man Barnum professed was a newly discovered missing link in evolution. Bunk then turns to the hoaxing of history and the ways that forgers, plagiarists, and frauds invent backstories and falsehoods to sell us lies about themselves and about the world in our own time, from the pretend Native Americans Grey Owl and Nasdijj to the deadly imposture of Clark Rockefeller, from the made-up memoirs of James Frey to the identity theft of Rachel Dolezal. This brilliant and timely work asks what it means to live in a post-factual world of “truthiness” where everything is up for interpretation and everyone is subject to a contagious cynicism that damages our ideas of reality, fact, and art.