Bunk, the rise of hoaxes, humbug, plagiarists, phonies, post-facts, and fake news, Kevin Young
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Bunk, the rise of hoaxes, humbug, plagiarists, phonies, post-facts, and fake news, Kevin Young
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Bunk
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Kevin Young
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the rise of hoaxes, humbug, plagiarists, phonies, post-facts, and fake news
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Kevin Young traces the history of the hoax as a peculiarly American phenomenon, examining what motivates hucksters and makes people so gullible. He chronicles how Barnum came to fame by displaying figures like Joice Heth, a black woman whom he pretended was the 161-year-old nursemaid to George Washington, and What Is It?, an African American man Barnum professed was a newly discovered missing link in evolution
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