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<p><P><b>Hoaxes are meant to fool the world&#8212;and some people fall for them. Would you?</b><P>Crop circles. Aliens on earth. Fairies caught on film. Giant cats. What do these phenomena have in common? They are all hoaxes. Elaine Pascoe presents well-researched chapters on nearly a dozen infamous hoaxes&#8212;from the 1800s to the present&#8212;exploring the stories behind them (how they came to be as well as who instigated them) and pondering why people were so easily fooled. These tantalizing accounts hold tremendous appeal for all ages and are as much about the craftiness of perpetrators as about the gullibility of believers. Would you have been fooled? You&#8217;ll just have to read <i>Fooled You!</i> to find out.</p><h3>Mary Jo Edwards - Children's Literature</h3><p>The United States Postal Service is considering charging a .50 fee for every e-mail sent over the internet. This is a well-known cyber hoax created to fool computer users. Elaine Pascoe's desire to write this book was due to the unending number of e-mail hoaxes and bogus warnings that continue to circulate. Pascoe's well-researched accounts include hoaxes from the nineteenth century through today. One chapter fo

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Author

Pascoe, Elaine; Keller, Laurie

Publisher

New York : Henry Holt

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9780805075281

Category

history

Subjects

Computer Science, Fiction, Literary Fiction

Rating

3.37 / 5 (47 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14