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Hardcover The Big Con: Great Hoaxes, Frauds, Grifts, and Swindles in American History Book

ISBN: 1610695852

ISBN13: 9781610695855

The Big Con: Great Hoaxes, Frauds, Grifts, and Swindles in American History

This book examines a broad range of infamous scams, cons, swindles, and hoaxes throughout American history--and considers why human gullibility continues in an age of easy access to information.

Covering American cons and hoaxes past and present, including the Great Moon Hoax of 1835, the controversy over "subliminal messaging" (do bands, filmmakers, and advertisers really put secret messages in their works?), the panic about "satanic"...

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