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2011

Format:	Book
Author:	Schroeder, Andreas, 1946-
Title:	Duped! : true stories of the world's best swindlers / Andreas Schroeder ; illustrations by Rémy Simard.
Publisher, Date:	Toronto : Annick Press, c2011.
Description:	157 p. : ill., ports. ; 21 cm.
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 series ; 1 It actually happened ; 1.
Subjects:	Swindlers and swindling -- Juvenile literature. Fraud -- Juvenile literature. Hoaxes -- Juvenile literature.
Other Author:	Simard, Rémy.
Notes:	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.
ISBN:	1554513510 9781554513505 1554513502 9781554513512
Other Number:	709668207
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Control Number:	314032
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Call Number:	j 364.163 Schroede

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