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Famous phonies : legends, fakes, and frauds who changed history / Brianna DuMont.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Changed history seriesPublisher: New York : Sky Pony Press, [2014]Description: 162 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1629146455 (hardback)
  • 9781629146454 (hardback)
Other title:
  • Legends, fakes, and phonies who changed history
Subject(s):
Contents:
The Yellow Emperor -- Gilgamesh -- Homer -- Pythagoras -- Confucius -- Pope Joan -- Hiawatha -- Prester John -- William Shakespeare -- George Washington -- The Turk -- Major William Martin.
Summary: ""Famous Phonies: Legends, Fakes, and Frauds Who Changed History is the first in a new nonfiction middle grade series that will explore the underbelly of history, making you question everything you thought you knew about history's finest. It's perfect for the history buff, the reluctant reader, or that kid who loves the strange and unusual."" -- Provided by publisher.Summary: Follow the fake lives of twelve history-changers to uncover the fabrications of the famous, and the should-be-famous!
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 920.02 D893 Available 33111007915214
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Fakes, frauds, and phonies. Sounds like a book filled with criminals and delinquents, doesn't it? Well, it's not. Some of the biggest names in history can be found between these pages--and the light isn't flattering. (We're looking at you, George "I must not tell a lie" Washington.) Famous Phonies: Legends, Fakes, and Frauds Who Changed History is the first book in a new nonfiction middle grade series that will explore the underbelly of history, making you question everything you thought you knew about history's finest. Follow the fake lives of these twelve history-changers to uncover the fabrications of the famous, and the should-be-famous!

Famous "Phonies":
Confucius * George Washington * Pythagoras * Hiawatha * Gilgamesh * Major William Martin * William Shakespeare * Pope Joan * Homer * Prester John * Huangdi * The Turk

Includes index.

The Yellow Emperor -- Gilgamesh -- Homer -- Pythagoras -- Confucius -- Pope Joan -- Hiawatha -- Prester John -- William Shakespeare -- George Washington -- The Turk -- Major William Martin.

""Famous Phonies: Legends, Fakes, and Frauds Who Changed History is the first in a new nonfiction middle grade series that will explore the underbelly of history, making you question everything you thought you knew about history's finest. It's perfect for the history buff, the reluctant reader, or that kid who loves the strange and unusual."" -- Provided by publisher.

Follow the fake lives of twelve history-changers to uncover the fabrications of the famous, and the should-be-famous!

Ages 9-12.

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