Famous phonies : legends, fakes, and frauds who changed history / Brianna DuMont.
Material type: TextSeries: Changed history seriesPublisher: New York : Sky Pony Press, [2014]Description: 162 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1629146455 (hardback)
- 9781629146454 (hardback)
- Legends, fakes, and phonies who changed history
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 920.02 D893 | Available | 33111007915214 |
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.