{"product_id":"hoax-hitlers-diaries-lincolns-assassins-and-other-famous-fraudsters-edward-steers","title":"Hoax: Hitler's Diaries, Lincoln's Assassins, and Other Famous Fraudsters - Edward Steers","description":"\u003cp\u003eDid a collector with a knack for making sensational discoveries really find the first document ever printed in America?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDid Adolf Hitler actually pen a revealing multivolume set of diaries?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHas Jesus of Nazareth's burial cloth survived the ages?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCan the shocking true account of Abraham Lincoln's assassination be found in lost pages from his murderer's diary?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNapoleon famously observed that \"history is a set of lies agreed upon,\" and Edward Steers Jr. investigates six of the most amazing frauds ever to gain wide acceptance in this engrossing book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHoax examines the legitimacy of the Shroud of Turin, perhaps the most hotly debated relic in all of Christianity, and the discovery of fossils confirming humanity's \"missing link,\" the Piltdown Man.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSteers also discusses two remarkable forgeries, the Hitler diaries and the \"Oath of a Freeman,\" and famous conspiracy theories alleging that Franklin D. Roosevelt had prior knowledge of the attack on Pearl Harbor and that the details of Lincoln's assassination are recorded in missing pages from John Wilkes Booth's journal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe controversies that Steers presents show that there are two major factors involved in the success of a hoax or forgery -- greed and the desire to believe. Though all of the counterfeits and conspiracies featured in Hoax have been scientifically debunked, some remain fixed in many people's minds as truth. As Steers points out, the success of these frauds highlights a disturbing fact: If true history fails to entertain the public, it is more likely to be ignored or forgotten.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardback - New \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Foster's Little Book Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57128025260412,"sku":null,"price":6.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/9426\/6296\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_35474be0-ad7f-4f26-b72b-0faf9c423277.jpg?v=1782902290","url":"https:\/\/fosterslittlebookshop.com\/products\/hoax-hitlers-diaries-lincolns-assassins-and-other-famous-fraudsters-edward-steers","provider":"Foster's Little Book Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}