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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

DuMont, Brianna.

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

pages cm – (The changed history series)

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.

Audience: Ages 9-12.

ISBN 978-1-62914-645-4 (hardback)

1. Impostors and imposture—Biography—Juvenile literature. 2. Deception—Juvenile literature. I. Title. II. Title: Legends, fakes, and phonies who changed history.

CT9980.D87 2014

920.02—dc23           2014022733

Cover design by Brian Peterson

Cover photo credit Wikimedia Commons Public Domain / Source: Clark Art Institute via Docu 2010

Interior illustrations by Bethany Straker

Book design by Sara Kitchen

Ebook ISBN: 978-1-63220-207-9