Sins against science : the scientific media hoaxes of Poe, Twain, and others / Lynda Walsh.
- Olman, Lynda C. (Lynda Christine), 1971-
- Date:
- [2006], ©2006
- Books
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Publication/Creation
Albany : State University of New York Press, [2006], ©2006.
Physical description
xii, 296 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-290) and index.
Contents
A brief natural history of hoaxing -- Method -- Poe's hoaxing and the construction of readerships -- Mark Twain and the social mechanics of laughter -- The hoaxes of Dan de Quille: building and defending the west -- The mechanics of hoaxing.
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Location Status History of MedicineABV.6.AA8Open shelves
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ISBN
- 0791468771
- 9780791468777
- 079146878X
- 9780791468784