Hippo Eats Dwarf: A Field Guide to Hoaxes and Other B.S.
- ISBN-10
- 0156030837
- ISBN-13
- 9780156030830
- Category
- Fraud
- Pages
- 278
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Author
- Alex Boese
Description
A tongue-in-cheek field guide to the modern world's "Misinformation Age" exposes a wide range of hoaxes, from political doublespeak and virulent virus warnings to staged reality television and bonsai kittens, in a lighthearted guide that shares guidelines on how to spot a hoax. By the author of The Museum of Hoaxes. Original. 30,000 first printing.
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