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Fakes, Frauds, and Flimflammery: Even More of the World's Most Outrageous Scams by Schroeder Andreas; OverDrive, Inc is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Fakes, Frauds, and Flimflammery: Even More of the World's Most Outrageous Scams about?
SCAMS! reveals 10 true tales of trickery that will mesmerize young readers. They will discover how the Germans planned to destroy the British economy during World War II by flooding the world with millions of fake British bank-notes. SCAMS! also includes: - The Tasady: Stone Age cavemen of the Philippines - The Shakespearean forgery of William Ireland - P.T. Barnum and his greatest show on earth - The creation of the Bibliotheca Phillipica - Le Grand Theresa - John Keely's engine - Karl May's extraordinary fiction Readers of any age will be enthralled by these stories of trickery exposed, where the strange twists and turns truly test the limits of credulity.
Who reads Fakes, Frauds, and Flimflammery: Even More of the World's Most Outrageous Scams?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Schroeder Andreas; OverDrive, Inc
- Publisher
- Annick Press Ltd.
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781554514694
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- True Crime, Literary Fiction, History
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