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Hoax--A History of Deception by Ian Tattersall is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Hoax--A History of Deception about?

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 N?vraumont to create 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 Pie 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 from 365 AD and winds its way through controversial tales such as the Loch Ness Monster...

Who reads Hoax--A History of Deception?

Author

Ian Tattersall

Publisher

Running Press

Published

2018

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Social Science, Others, Social_sciences