Hoaxes!: Dupes, Dodges & Other Dastardly Deceptions
- ISBN-10
- 0787604801
- ISBN-13
- 9780787604806
- Category
- Deception
- Pages
- 225
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995
- Authors
- Marie J. MacNee, Gordon Stein
Description
Details a variety of deliberate hoaxes and popular misunderstandings of the natural world, religion, history, medicine, literature, art, and other fields
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