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100 1 $aBoese, Alex.
245 14 $aThe museum of hoaxes :$ba collection of pranks, stunts, deceptions, and other wonderful stories contrived for the public from the Middle Ages to the new millennium /$cAlex Boese.
260 $aNew York, NY :$bDutton,$c2002.
300 $axi, 266 pages :$billustrations ;$c22 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 247-255) and index.
520 $aPresents a collection of hundreds of documented historical hoaxes, pranks, deceptions, and stunts that have fooled the public from the Middle Ages to the present day.
505 00 $tThe Gullibility Test (Questions) --$tBefore 1700: Female Popes and Vegetable Lambs --$tThe Eighteenth Century: Rabbit Babies and Lying Stones --$t1800-1868 Lunar Bison and Solar Armor --$t1869-1913 Stone Giants and Antlered Rabbits --$t1914-1949 New Jersey Martians and Van Gogh's Ear --$t1950-1976 Naked Animals and Swiss Spaghetti Trees --$t1977-1989 Australian Icebergs and Cockroach Pills --$t1990-1999 Crop Circles and Cross-Dressing Ken --$tAfter 2000 Bonsai Kittens and Monster Cats.
650 0 $aImpostors and imposture$xHistory.
650 0 $aFraud$xHistory.
650 6 $aImpostures$xHistoire.
650 6 $aImpostures$vAnecdotes.
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655 7 $aHistory.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411628
776 08 $iOnline version:$aBoese, Alex.$tMuseum of hoaxes.$dNew York, NY : Dutton, 2002$w(OCoLC)607527667
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