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The arts of deception : playing with fraud in the age of Barnum
- Title
- The arts of deception : playing with fraud in the age of Barnum / James W. Cook.
- Author
- Cook, James W., 1966-
- Publication
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2001.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | ILD 01-9083 | Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121 |
Details
- Description
- xv, 314 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
- Subjects
- Tricksters > United States > History > 19th century
- Fraud > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century
- Popular culture > United States > History > 19th century
- Robots > United States > History > 19th century
- Barnum, P. T (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891
- Impostors and imposture > United States > History > 19th century
- Magic tricks > United States > History > 19th century
- Trompe l'oeil painting > United States > History > 19th century
- United States > Social life and customs > 19th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-308) and index.
- Call Number
- ILD 01-9083
- ISBN
- 0674004574 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0674005910 (paper : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 00054133
- OCLC
- 45532418
- Author
- Cook, James W., 1966-
- Title
- The arts of deception : playing with fraud in the age of Barnum / James W. Cook.
- Imprint
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2001.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-308) and index.
- Research Call Number
- ILD 01-9083