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Over 180 true stories of hoaxers, impostors, and the extraordinary lengths they'll go to in order to achieve their goals.<br> <br> A good hoax can be enormously rewarding. In the right hands, it can be a form of art. Essentially a cerebral form of banana peel or practical joke, it aims to cause maximum embarrassment to figures of authority. But hoaxes can be perpetrated for many reasons: for the hell of it, for a dare or bet, to expose pretension, to draw attention to shortcomings in institutions, or to dupe an enemy in time of war. Hoaxers, it can be argued, differ from con men in not being motivated primarily by financial gain.<br> <br> Impostors' motives also vary. One may be a woman trying to make it in a man's world. Another may want to live well or make money by pretending to be someone he's not. Or he may lay claim to a throne. The impostor's goal is to keep the pose going. The hoaxer's is to have the plot revealed.<br> <br> This wonderful collection includes:<br> <br> <ul> <li>The Jolly Eight—a group of raucous Yale students who tricked temperance Crusader Carry Nation into appearing in a group photograph in which they all brandish cigars and bottles of beer.</li> <li>Dorot

Author

Geoff Tibballs

Publisher

Barnes & Noble Pub

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9780760782224

Rating

3.5 / 5 (2 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14