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Phillip Hoose (editor) and
Gale Eaton
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Tilbury House Pub
Publication date
August 15, 2017
Pages
288
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Juvenile Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780884484929
ISBN-10
0884484920
Original list price
$16.95
Other format details
juvenile
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Short:
What do the Trojan Horse, Piltdown Man, Keely Motor Company, and Ponzi Scheme have in common? They were all famous hoaxes, carefully designed and bolstered with false evidence.
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Main:
The con artists in this book pursued a variety of ambitionsâmaking money, winning wars, mocking authority, finding fame, trading an ordinary life for a glamorous oneâbut they all chose the lowest, fastest road to get there.  Every hoax is a curtain, and behind it is a deceiver operating levers and smoke machines to make us see what is not there and miss what is. As P.T. Barnum knew, you can short-circuit critical thinking in any century by telling people what they want to hear. Most scams operate on a personal scale, but some have shaped the balance of world power, inspired explorers to sail uncharted seas, derailed scientific progress, or caused terrible massacres. A HISTORY OF AMBITION IN 50 HOAXES guides us through a rogueâs gallery of hustlers, liars, swindlers, imposters, scammers, pretenders, and cheats. In Gale Eatonâs wide-ranging synthesis, the history of deception is a colorful tour, with surprising insights behind every curtain.Â
What do the Trojan Horse, Piltdown Man, Keely Motor Company, and Ponzi Scheme have in common? They were all famous hoaxes, carefully designed and bolstered with false evidence.
Â
Main:
The con artists in this book pursued a variety of ambitionsâmaking money, winning wars, mocking authority, finding fame, trading an ordinary life for a glamorous oneâbut they all chose the lowest, fastest road to get there.  Every hoax is a curtain, and behind it is a deceiver operating levers and smoke machines to make us see what is not there and miss what is. As P.T. Barnum knew, you can short-circuit critical thinking in any century by telling people what they want to hear. Most scams operate on a personal scale, but some have shaped the balance of world power, inspired explorers to sail uncharted seas, derailed scientific progress, or caused terrible massacres. A HISTORY OF AMBITION IN 50 HOAXES guides us through a rogueâs gallery of hustlers, liars, swindlers, imposters, scammers, pretenders, and cheats. In Gale Eatonâs wide-ranging synthesis, the history of deception is a colorful tour, with surprising insights behind every curtain.Â
Editions
Hardcover
With Gale Eaton |
from Tilbury House Pub (August 15, 2016)
9780884484653 | details & prices | 288 pages | List price $24.95
Paperback
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With Gale Eaton |
Reprint edition from Tilbury House Pub (August 15, 2017)
9780884484929 | details & prices | 288 pages | List price $16.95
About: Short:What do the Trojan Horse, Piltdown Man, Keely Motor Company, and Ponzi Scheme have in common?
About: Short:What do the Trojan Horse, Piltdown Man, Keely Motor Company, and Ponzi Scheme have in common?
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