The Arts of Deception: Playing with Fraud in the Age of Barnum by James W. Cook

The Arts of Deception: Playing with Fraud in the Age of Barnum

James W. Cook

336 pages first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative fast-paced

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Ingenious automatons which appeared to think on their own. Dubious mermaids and wild men who resisted classification. Elegant sleight-of-hand artists who routinely exposed the secrets of their trade. These were some of the playful forms of fraud w...

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