Hoaxes |
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| Author:
| Herbst, Judith |
| Series title: | The Unexplained Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8225-1629-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2004 |
| Publisher: | Lerner Publishing Group
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $19.95USD $26.60 |
Book Description:
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Photographs of fairies playing in a garden.The petrified remains of a giant human found in a farm field.A lost tribe of cave-dwellers.Life discovered on the moon.Giant circles stamped on a wheat field... What do all these stories have in common?They're fakes.Tricks.Never really happened.So who falls for these elaborate hoaxes?Lots of people.These schemes have fooled authors, scientists, and newspaper reporters.See if you can figure out what's fishy about these tales before the experts do.
Photographs of fairies playing in a garden.The petrified remains of a giant human found in a farm field.A lost tribe of cave-dwellers.Life discovered on the moon.Giant circles stamped on a wheat field... What do all these stories have in common?They're fakes.Tricks.Never really happened.So who falls for these elaborate hoaxes?Lots of people.These schemes have fooled authors, scientists, and newspaper reporters.See if you can figure out what's fishy about these tales before the experts do.