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Hoaxes as old as the Piltdown Man and as recent as Milli Vanilli are described. In the section on anthropology, questions are raised about the writings of Carlos Castaneda and the work of Margaret Mead. The literary forgeries of Thomas J. Wise, the Hitler Diaries, Mark Hofmann and the Mormon forgeries, and Janet Cooke and the Pulitzer Prize are all described. Even baseball's history is based on a hoax, since the assumption that it started with Abner Doubleday is a falsehood.
Most entries are followed by a list of further reading. A lengthy general bibliography at the end of the book is arranged in the same fashion as the hoaxes. In the index, access is provided to names and subjects. A few black-and-white photographs, most of them portraits, are provided.
The Encyclopedia of Hoaxes and Scams [RBB O 15 93] has some overlap with this book (Atlantis, Bigfoot, Caraboo Princess, Cardiff Giant) but stresses consumer scams. It does not provide any references for further reading and has a very brief bibliography, so for research purposes, The Encyclopedia of Hoaxes is preferable for secondary school and public library reference collections.
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