HOAX: Hitler’s Diaries, Lincoln’s Assassins, and Other Famous Frauds

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Steers, Edward.

Hoax : Hitler’s diaries, Lincoln’s assassins, and other famous frauds / Edward Steers, Jr. ; foreword by Joe Nickell.
p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-8131-4159-6 (hardcover : alk. paper) --

ISBN 978-0-8131-4160-2 (epub) -- ISBN 978-0-8131-4161-9 (pdf)

1. Fraud—History. 2. Hoaxes—History. 3. Impostors and imposture—History. I. Title.

HV6691.S687 2013

001.9’5—dc23 2012047314

This book is printed on acid-free paper meeting the requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence in Paper for Printed Library Materials.

Manufactured in the United States of America.

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