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The Arts of Deception

Playing with Fraud in the Age of Barnum

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$39.00 • £33.95 • €35.95

ISBN 9780674005914

Publication Date: 07/15/2001

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336 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

22 halftones, 1 line illustration

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  • Introduction: Thinking with Tricks
  • 1. The Death and Rebirth of the Automaton Chess-Player
  • 2. The Feejee Mermaid and the Market Revolution
  • 3. Describing the Nondescript
  • 4. Modern Magic
  • 5. Queer Art Illusions
  • Epilogue: Barnum’s Ghosts
  • Notes
  • Index

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