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Lamont, Peter

 
9781560256618: The Rise of the Indian Rope Trick: How a Spectacular Hoax Became History
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ISBN 10: 1560256613 ISBN 13: 9781560256618
Editorial: Thunder's Mouth Press, 2004

Sinopsis

Explores one of the most successful hoaxes of all time from the mystical East, and why people were so easily fooled.

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Explores one of the most successful hoaxes of all time from the mystical East, and why people were so easily fooled.

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A rope rises up into the air. A boy climbs up the rope and when the boy gets to the top he vanishes into thin air, explains Peter Lamont, winner of the Jeremy Dalziel prize in British History, and author of The Rise of the Indian Rope Trick, about a tall tale that found its way into legend. The rope trick is one of the most successful hoaxes of all time, created by an amateur magician and printed in the Chicago Tribune in 1890. Despite a later admission that the story was false, it continued to spread in newspapers and journals throughout the world. Some claimed to have seen the trick performed on trips to India. Others added their own spin to the tale. Using the original legend as a starting point, Lamont, who has performed as a magician and psychic, explores how easily people will believe stories that are fed to them as truth despite all logical senses and their outright impossibility.

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Editorial
Thunder's Mouth Press
Año de publicación
2004
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1560256613
ISBN 13 
9781560256618
Encuadernación
Tapa dura
Número de páginas
265
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