The Museum of Hoaxes: A Collection of Pranks, Stunts, Deceptions, and Other Wonderful Stories Contrived for the Public from the Middle Ages to the New Millennium
by Boese, Alex
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0525946780
- ISBN 13
- 9780525946786
- Seller
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post falls, Idaho, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: E P Dutton, 2002. 266pp including index Photographs Remainder mark on bottom, previous owner's inscription on front facing page and light notations on a few pages. First Edition. Cloth Hardback. Very Good/As New.
Synopsis
Alex Boese is a graduate student at the University of California at San Diego, where he is completing his doctoral dissertation. He is the creator and curator of www.museumofhoaxes.com, which began in 1997 as research notes for his dissertation. His website has received acclaim from Yahoo!, as well as USA Today and other newspapers around the world.
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- Bookseller
- First Choice Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 72490
- Title
- The Museum of Hoaxes: A Collection of Pranks, Stunts, Deceptions, and Other Wonderful Stories Contrived for the Public from the Middle Ages to the New Millennium
- Author
- Boese, Alex
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0525946780
- ISBN 13
- 9780525946786
- Publisher
- E P Dutton
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- Imposters Imposture Museums Fraud
- Bookseller catalogs
- Collectables; True Crime;
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