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Impostors: Six Kinds of Liar

Sarah Burton

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Description:In her book "Impostors", Sarah Burton looks at the cases of individuals who have pulled off some of the most extraordinary deceptions.Among them are Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance who was a glamorous film star, journalist, athlete, war hero, champion of native Americans who was actually Sylvester Long, a black man from the Deep South during the time of the Segregation Laws in the USA; well-known jazz musician, Billy Tipton, stepfather and scout-master who lived most of her life as a man. She married four women before her real identity was discovered when she died in 1989; and the most famous impostor of all, Ferdinand Demara, who posed variously as a surgeon, a university lecturer, a priest and a warden in a top security prison who was so good at his 'chosen' professions that, when unmasked, was often asked to return to the job.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Impostors: Six Kinds of Liar. To get started finding Impostors: Six Kinds of Liar, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 303

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ISBN: 0670885746

Description: In her book "Impostors", Sarah Burton looks at the cases of individuals who have pulled off some of the most extraordinary deceptions.Among them are Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance who was a glamorous film star, journalist, athlete, war hero, champion of native Americans who was actually Sylvester Long, a black man from the Deep South during the time of the Segregation Laws in the USA; well-known jazz musician, Billy Tipton, stepfather and scout-master who lived most of her life as a man. She married four women before her real identity was discovered when she died in 1989; and the most famous impostor of all, Ferdinand Demara, who posed variously as a surgeon, a university lecturer, a priest and a warden in a top security prison who was so good at his 'chosen' professions that, when unmasked, was often asked to return to the job.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Impostors: Six Kinds of Liar. To get started finding Impostors: Six Kinds of Liar, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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