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Whoppers: History's Most Outrageous Lies and Liars
Contributor(s): Seifert, Christine (Author)
ISBN: 1936976986     ISBN-13: 9781936976980
Publisher: Zest Books (Tm)
OUR PRICE:   $12.59  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: August 2015
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BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History - General
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics - Values & Virtues
Dewey: 001.95
Lexile Measure: 930
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.85 lbs) 224 pages
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 175722
Reading Level: 7.0   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 10.0
 
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Publisher Description:

History of full of liars. Not just little-white-telling liars, but big-honkin', whopper-telling liars--people who can convince us that even the most improbable, outrageous, nonsensical stories are true. And the worst part is that we'll believe it. Whoppers tells the story of history's greatest liars and the lies they told, providing a mix of narrative profiles of super-famous liars, lies, and/or hoaxes, as well as more obscure episodes. Famous liars include people you might have learned about in school, like P. T. Barnum, who basically made a living lying to people for money; liars you might never have heard of before, like Victor Lustig, who managed to sell the Eiffel Tower twice in the 1920s; and hoaxes like the Loch Ness Monster Photo Hoax. The book will also include illustrations, sidebars, and infographics.


Contributor Bio(s): Seifert, Christine: -

Christine Seifert is a native North Dakotan, a professor at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah, and a young adult writer. She is the author of the YA novel The Predicteds, as well as the nonfiction books Whoppers: History's Most Outrageous Lies and Liars and The Endless Wait: Virginity in Young Adult Literature. She writes for Bitch Magazine and other publications, and has presented at academic conferences on such diverse topics as as writing, rhetoric, Twilight, and Jersey Shore.