Frauds, hoaxes, and swindles
By: by Daniel Cohen ; illustrated by David Prebenna.
Contributors: Prebenna, David.
Series: A Triumph book
Publisher: Watts
Published: 1979
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 92
Subjects: Fraud -- Case studies -- Juvenile literature.; Swindlers and swindling -- Case studies -- Juvenile literature.; Fraud.; Swindlers and swindling.
Description: Describes six hoaxes, including the Sir Francis Drake inheritance scheme and Clifford Irving's bogus biography of Howard Hughes, and the people who perpetrated them.
Notes: Includes index.