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Title: HOAXES & HEXES
DARING DECEPTIONS & MYSTERIOUS CURSES
By: Barbara Smith
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 1926613988
ISBN 13: 9781926613987
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Publisher: HERITAGE HOUSE PUBLISHING CO LTD
Pub. date: 15 March, 2011
Pages: 144
Synopsis: "The Canadian Oxford Dictionary" defines hoax as a "humorous or malicious deception" and hex as "a magic spell". In this book Barbara Smith explores these intriguing reflections of human nature, showing our curious desire to believe in the impossible and explain the inexplicable. Here are tales of swindlers, charlatans and imposters, among them the flamboyant 19th-century financier known as Lord Gordon-Gordon; David Walsh, author of the horrendous Bre-X gold-mine hoax of the 1990s; and the eccentric Josef Papp, who claimed to have crossed the Atlantic in a home-made submarine. The persistent power of hexes is recorded in stories of cursed places - including a strange haunting in the Cypress Hills and a deadly Lake Superior lighthouse - and weird coincidences, such as the legendary Hollywood hex on Oscar-winning actresses. Whether you believe in the power of hoaxes or hexes, these bizarre stories show them to be a fascinating part of our history.
Illustrations: b/w photos
Publication: Canada
Imprint: Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd
Returns: Returnable
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