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Author:

Schroeder, Andreas, 1946-

Title:

Duped! : true stories of the world's best swindlers / Andreas Schroeder ; illustrations by Rémy Simard.

Publisher:

Annick Press,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

157 p. : ill., ports. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Swindlers and swindling--Juvenile literature.
Fraud--Juvenile literature.
Hoaxes--Juvenile literature.
Escroqueries--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Fraude--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Canulars--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Swindlers and swindling.
Fraud.
Hoaxes.

Other Authors:

Simard, Rémy.

Notes:

"This book is the first in the It actually happened series"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: Too good to be true? -- The Tasaday: Stone Age cave dwellers of the Philippines -- The great Shakespeare forgery -- War of the worlds: a Martian invasion-- The Prince of Humbug -- Instant globe circling-just add water -- Operation Bernhard -- La Grande Th́erèse steps out -- Good vibrations.

Summary:

Provides details of some of the biggest swindles in history, illustrated with comic-style illustrations, including the "War of the Worlds" broadcast, the discovery of two supposedly new Shakespeare plays, and the discovery of a tribe of Stone Age cave-dwellers in the Philippines.

Series:

It actually happened

ISBN:

1554513510 (bound)
9781554513512 (bound)
1554513502 (pbk.)
9781554513505 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)709668207

Locations:

MMPE553 -- Algona Public Library (Algona)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)