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Fakers : an insider's guide to cons, hoaxes, and scams / H.P. Wood ; illustrated by David Clark.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: xi, 164 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781580897433
  • 1580897436
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Introduction: a tale as old as time -- Conjurers and con artists: short cons -- Just trust me: long cons -- Step right up!: carnivals and the prince of humbug -- Mysterious minds: spoon benders and psychics -- Who are you?: impostors -- I want to believe: science hoaxes -- Snake oil: deception in medicine -- Gideon's trumpet: deception in war -- Believe nothing: mass media hoaxes -- Conclusion: news you can use.
Summary: Offers an overview of some of the funniest, weirdest, and most influential cons, scams, and deceptions in history, looking at how the fakers do it, why people can be so easy to fool, and how readers can avoid becoming a sucker.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 364.163 W875 Available 33111008925675
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 364.163 W875 Available 33111009275104
Children's Book Children's Book Northport Library Children's NonFiction 364.163 W875 Available 33111008217487
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In this era of daily online hoaxes, it's easy to be caught off-guard. Fakers arms kids with information, introducing them to the funniest, weirdest, and most influential cons and scams in human history. Profiles of con artists will get readers thinking about motivation and consequence, and practical tips will help protect them from falsehoods. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is--except in the case of this book!

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: a tale as old as time -- Conjurers and con artists: short cons -- Just trust me: long cons -- Step right up!: carnivals and the prince of humbug -- Mysterious minds: spoon benders and psychics -- Who are you?: impostors -- I want to believe: science hoaxes -- Snake oil: deception in medicine -- Gideon's trumpet: deception in war -- Believe nothing: mass media hoaxes -- Conclusion: news you can use.

Offers an overview of some of the funniest, weirdest, and most influential cons, scams, and deceptions in history, looking at how the fakers do it, why people can be so easy to fool, and how readers can avoid becoming a sucker.

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