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The Resource Ultimate Book of Impostors : Over 100 True Stories of the Greatest Phonies and Frauds, (electronic resource)
Ultimate Book of Impostors : Over 100 True Stories of the Greatest Phonies and Frauds, (electronic resource)
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The item Ultimate Book of Impostors : Over 100 True Stories of the Greatest Phonies and Frauds, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Calgary Public Library.
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- Summary
- Think You Know Who Your Friends Are? Think again... From Mata Hari to D. B. Cooper, history is littered with people pretending to be someone else. Some go undetected for years, cultivating their false identities so skillfully, even their spouses don't know. Other frauds go up in flames after one misstep. The Ultimate Book of Impostors presents the astonishing true stories behind over one hundred of the craziest and funniest phonies in history, including: ?A fake French government official who managed to sell the
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (320 p.)
- Note
- Description based upon print version of record
- Contents
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- Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction: To Be...or To Be Someone Else; 1. Serial Offenders; 2. Gender Benders; 3. False Heirs; 4. Fugitives from Justice; 5. Frauds and Freebooters; 6. Imitation Indians; 7. Fabulous Fantasists; 8. Spooks and Cops; 9. A Miscellany of Mimics; Conclusion; Recommended Reading; Bibliography; Index; About the Author; Back Cover
- Isbn
- 9781402288685
- Label
- Ultimate Book of Impostors : Over 100 True Stories of the Greatest Phonies and Frauds
- Title
- Ultimate Book of Impostors
- Title remainder
- Over 100 True Stories of the Greatest Phonies and Frauds
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Think You Know Who Your Friends Are? Think again... From Mata Hari to D. B. Cooper, history is littered with people pretending to be someone else. Some go undetected for years, cultivating their false identities so skillfully, even their spouses don't know. Other frauds go up in flames after one misstep. The Ultimate Book of Impostors presents the astonishing true stories behind over one hundred of the craziest and funniest phonies in history, including: ?A fake French government official who managed to sell the
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Graham, Ian
- Dewey number
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- 364.16
- 364.163
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- HV6751 .G73 2013
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Fraud
- Impostors and imposture
- Social status
- Fraud
- Impostors and imposture -- History
- Social status -- Case studies
- TRUE CRIME / Hoaxes & Deceptions
- World
- Label
- Ultimate Book of Impostors : Over 100 True Stories of the Greatest Phonies and Frauds, (electronic resource)
- Note
- Description based upon print version of record
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Color
- multicolored
- Contents
- Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction: To Be...or To Be Someone Else; 1. Serial Offenders; 2. Gender Benders; 3. False Heirs; 4. Fugitives from Justice; 5. Frauds and Freebooters; 6. Imitation Indians; 7. Fabulous Fantasists; 8. Spooks and Cops; 9. A Miscellany of Mimics; Conclusion; Recommended Reading; Bibliography; Index; About the Author; Back Cover
- Control code
- ocn861559513
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (320 p.)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781402288685
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)861559513
- Label
- Ultimate Book of Impostors : Over 100 True Stories of the Greatest Phonies and Frauds, (electronic resource)
- Note
- Description based upon print version of record
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Color
- multicolored
- Contents
- Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction: To Be...or To Be Someone Else; 1. Serial Offenders; 2. Gender Benders; 3. False Heirs; 4. Fugitives from Justice; 5. Frauds and Freebooters; 6. Imitation Indians; 7. Fabulous Fantasists; 8. Spooks and Cops; 9. A Miscellany of Mimics; Conclusion; Recommended Reading; Bibliography; Index; About the Author; Back Cover
- Control code
- ocn861559513
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (320 p.)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781402288685
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)861559513
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